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Coregonus migratorius (Arctic cisco)

Synonyms: Coregonus autumnalis migratorius; Salmo migratorius
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Wikipedia Abstract

The omul, Coregonus migratorius, also known as Baikal omul (Russian: байкальский омуль), is a whitefish species of the salmon family endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. It is considered a delicacy and is the object of one of the largest commercial fisheries on Lake Baikal. In 2004, it was listed in Russia as an endangered species.
View Wikipedia Record: Coregonus migratorius

Attributes

Migration [1]  Anadromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Barguzinskiy Biosphere Reserve Zapovednik Ia 924970 Buryatia, Russia

Predators

Hucho taimen (Taimen)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Riede, Klaus (2004) Global Register of Migratory Species - from Global to Regional Scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. 330 pages + CD-ROM
♦ 2"Ecology of Siberian Taimen Hucho taimen in the Lake Baikal Basin", Arcadi N. Matveyev, Nikolai M. Pronin, Vitali P. Samusenok, Charles R. Bronte, Journal of Great Lakes Research, Volume 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 905–916
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0