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Fish Bursch very similar in appearance to perch, but they are two different fish, between which there are small differences and peculiarities. Bursch belongs to the family of perches of the genus perch. Call it the same Volga pike perch. It has all the features of the pike-perch and perch. A long fusiform body with small and durable scales.

The front fins of bony spines connected by membranes. Characterized by his side is a small hump and big round eyes. No sharp canines, and the teeth are all the same. On the body one can see the strip of dark tint. Stripes eight pieces. Scales on the cheeks, but there it is smaller than on the body.

The average size bersha 20 to 30 cm and weight about 1.5 kg. There are more long specimens and weighing up to 2 kg.
How to distinguish from walleye

Fish bersh in production is valued less than the pike, because the pike is more pronounced taste. However, the Bursch is a worthy trophy. The easiest way to distinguish bersha from Sudak to check it’s fangs. Sudak is a fanged fish and he can see clearly fangs, bersha they do not exist.

Fish Bursch has more short and broad stigma, large scales, he has scales on the cheeks and eyes are quite large. Walleye are also larger than the fish bersh.
Where the fish bersh?

This fish is rarely found in large quantity. She mostly lives in the Volga river basin, but even here it can be found everywhere. High the flow of bersh is not. Also it can be found in the waters of lake Balkhash. Sometimes it is caught in the area of the Baku Bay of the Caspian sea.
Lifestyle

He loves fresh water and leads a benthic lifestyle. In the sea comes out. Lives in areas with an abundance of food. Fry the Volga Zander kept closer to shore, in shallow water. They live at the depth of the bed of the pond. Winter lives deep in the bottom layers of the reservoir.

The greatest activity she had in the morning and evening. Loves a rocky bottom and a small stream. It can also live in waters with a muddy bottom and a depth of 40 m.
What is the

It depends on their age and habitat. He eats about 10 species of living creatures, and its main production is bleak. The size of the prey depends on the size of the fish. Small fish eat dragonfly larvae and pupae of choroid. More adults begin to feed on crustaceans and fry of other fish.
Reproduction

Puberty it reaches only to the 4th year of life. The length of the fish by this time, up to 20 cm. it Spawns in April and may when the temperature is above 10 degrees. Spawn in shallow water with a sandy bottom, in shallow water up to 2 meters. In these places, they build nests and covered them with plant roots. The eggs are very small yellow. The female lays up to 250 thousand eggs.

The larvae hatch in five days.
Fish bersh description

Bursch fish found in the waters of lake Balkhash and to try their luck, you can Zavidovo fishing.