There are 293 species of birds, representing 21 classes. Up to 600,000 birds are recorded annually to be wintering in the waterfowl habitat of the Khazar State Reserve. There are more than 100 fish species and subspecies, of which the most famous are four species of Caspian sturgeon: the white, stellate, starlet and Russian sturgeon. Currently, fishing possibilities are rather limited, as there is no legal fishing for sturgeon in the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea.