Macrohectopus
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Macrohectopus branickii is a species of amphipod living in the pelagic zone of Lake Baikal, believed to be the only species of amphipod in this niche within freshwater. It is the only known species wi
Predators of this species include the Baikal seal
Comephorus
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Comephorus, known as the golomyankas or Baikal oilfish, are a genus comprising two species of peculiar sculpin fishes endemic to Lake Baikal in Russia. Comephorus is the only genus in the subfamily Co
A few golomyankas (for example, the pinkish fish on the upper-center part of the photo and another in the lower-left), as well as several whitefish, Baikal yellowfins and amphipods caught during icefishing using a net