List of piscine species fished in the Amur Bay (Japan Sea) in the Early Iron Age (2500-2400 years ago), by archaeological data from Peschany-1 site
Species composition of ichthyocene in the coastal waters of the Amur Bay existed 2400-2500 years ago is reconstructed from analysis of fish bone remains collected during excavations of the ancient settlement Peschany-1 located on the Amur Bay shore. The ancient fishermen caught no less than 36 fish species belonged to 32 genera, 17 families, and 13 orders, mostly the cold-water ones, as pacific herring Clupea pallasii (46 % of catches, supposedly caught during its spring spawning) and saffron cod Eleginus gracilis (25 % of catches, supposedly caught in winter), but also the warm-water japanese mackerel Scomber japonicus that migrated to Primorye coast in summer only (14 % of catches). Other relatively mass species were puffer Takifugu sp. (5 % of catches), flounders of the family Pleuronectidae (4 %), and redfins Tribolodon sp. (4 %). Other species (pacific needlefish, pacific cod, pacific salmons, etc.) occurred in the ancient catches occasionally, their total portion was about 3 %.