When starting an article about Lake Ohrid, one can’t help but use such commonplace and even screaming epithets as the “the jewel of the Balkan Peninsula” and so on. Lake Ohrid (Ohridsko Jezero – Macedonian name, Liqeni i Ohrit – Albanian name) is the deepest lake of the Balkan Peninsula…
CategoryRivers and lakes
Salmonidae.
Many fishermen think that representatives of the Salmonidae family are the only fish that inhabit seas, lakes and rivers. They are sure that there is nothing more there, except for the ichthyofauna. Fish is salmon, that’s it. Some people can be touched, when they hear this approach, others ridicule or…
Lake Garda
The Garda or Lago di Garda (Italian name is lago di Garda, Benaco is used less often) is the largest lake in Italy. Its surface area is 375 sq. km. It is slightly smaller than the area of Lake Skadar (390 sq. km), which makes it the second largest lake…
Living dinosaurs. Acipenseridae.
Chondrostei, the subclass of Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes), has already existed on the planet since the Paleozoic Era, so its modern representatives can be considered living dinosaurs for sure. (Penny Postcard: Columbia River Sturgeon, ca.1910. columbiariverimages.com) Representatives of Chondrostei existing nowadays can be up to 4.2 meters long (and according to…
Lake Skadar (Scutari).
The largest lake of the Balkan Peninsula, Lake Skadar or Lake Scutari, is located on the northern shores of the Adriatic Sea. It’s the surface area is 390 sq. km, which makes it the largest among the lakes of the countries bordering with the Adriatic Sea – Lake Garda, the…
Rules of freshwater fishing in Montenegro.
Recreational and sport freshwater fishing in Montenegro is regulated, like sea fishing, by several documents. In case of freshwater fishing, currently there are two basic documents. The first document, which was changed and promulgated in 2018, that is, it was updated recently, is Freshwater Fishing and Aquaculture Act, dated March…
Freshwater bodies and their inhabitants.
Fishing fans have an idea of what the coast of the Adriatic Sea is. But the beauty and the endless variety of mainland landscapes a few dozen kilometers from the coast are almost never included in the vacation program even of ordinary tourists. In terms of fishing, freshwater bodies are…
Chondrostei.
Chondrostei, the subclass of Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes), has already existed on the planet since the Paleozoic Era, so its modern representatives can be considered living dinosaurs for sure. (The Fish Market. 1618. Frans Snyders) Representatives of Chondrostei existing nowadays can be up to 4.2 meters long (and according to some data…
Beluga (Huso huso)
Fish of the Huso genus of the Acipenseridae family of the Acipenseriformes order of the Chondrostei subclass. (Beluga. Photo by © Lubomir Hlasek. hlasek.com) Beluga, or European sturgeon (Huso huso) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778). It is an anadromous pelagic species. It…
Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii)
Fish of the Acipenser genus of the Acipenseridae family of the Acipenseriformes order of the Chondrostei subclass. (Adriatic sturgeon. Photo by © Drow male. wikipedia.org) Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii) was first described in 1836 by the French biologist and ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803 – 1857). It is a diadromous fish. In…
Sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus)
Fish of the Acipenser genus of the Acipenseridae family of the Acipenseriformes order of the Chondrostei subclass. (Sterlet. Photo by © Lubomir Hlasek. hlasek.com) Sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778). It inhabits the rivers of the basins of the Black Sea,…
Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser sturio)
Fish of the Acipenser genus of the Acipenseridae family of the Acipenseriformes order of the Chondrostei subclass. (Atlantic sturgeon. Photo by © Stefan Ludwig. wanderfische.de) Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778). It is a diadromous fish. It inhabits sea…
Salmoniformes.
Salmonidae is the only family that belongs to the Salmoniformes order, which, according to one of the classifications, belongs to the Protacanthopterygii superorder, also comprising the following orders: Argentiniformes (representatives inhabit the Adriatic Sea), Esociformes (representatives inhabit the fresh waters of the Balkan and Apennine Peninsulas), and Osmeriformes (inhabitants of…
Coregonus candidus
Fish of the Coregonus (whitefishes) genus of the Coregoninae subfamily of the Salmonidae family of the Salmoniformes order of the Protacanthopterygii superorder. (Coregonus candidus. Photo by © M. Kottelat, J. Freyhof. ittiofauna.org) Coregonus candidus was first described in 1883 by the by German author Hermann Göll (1822 – 1886). It’s a pelagic…
European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus)
Fish of the Coregonus (whitefishes) genus of the Coregoninae subfamily of the Salmonidae family of the Salmoniformes order of the Protacanthopterygii superorder. (European whitefish. Photo © russfishing.de) European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778). It’s a schooling pelagic species. The…
Coregonus macrophthalmus
Fish of the Coregonus (whitefishes) genus of the Coregoninae subfamily of the Salmonidae family of the Salmoniformes order of the Protacanthopterygii superorder. (Coregonus macrophthalmus. Photo by © M. Kottelat, J. Freyhof. ittiofauna.org) Coregonus macrophthalmus was first described in 1882 by the German zoologist and forester Otto Nüsslin (1850 – 1915). It’s a…
Peled (Coregonus peled)
Fish of the Coregonus (whitefishes) genus of the Coregoninae subfamily of the Salmonidae family of the Salmoniformes order of the Protacanthopterygii superorder. (Peled. Photo by © Andreas Hartl. fishbase.org) Peled (Coregonus peled) was first described in 1789 by the German naturalist, botanist and malacologist Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748 – 1804).…
Blaufelchen (Coregonus wartmanni)
Fish of the Coregonus (whitefishes) genus of the Coregoninae subfamily of the Salmonidae family of the Salmoniformes order of the Protacanthopterygii superorder. (Blaufelchen. Photo by © coco194. fotolia.com) Blaufelchen (Coregonus wartmanni) was first described in 1784 by the German naturalist Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723 – 1799). It’s a lake pelagic species. It…