Perch ndi nsomba zomwe zilipo zamitundu yambiri. Amapezeka kumpoto kwa dziko lapansi. Nthawi zambiri amakhala m'nyanja ndi mitsinje. Nthawi zambiri sasambira kupita kunyanja. Ndipo ngakhale pamenepo amangokhala m'madzi amchere, mwachitsanzo, momwe ali amchere pang'ono.
Anthu akamalankhula za nsomba m'chinenero chodziwika bwino, nthawi zambiri amatanthauza nsomba, zomwe ndizofala kwambiri kuno. Ku Switzerland, amatchedwa "Egli" ndi pa Nyanja ya Constance "Kretzer". Zander ndi ruff ndi mitundu yodziwika bwino ya nsomba. Ku Danube, ku Austria, nthawi zina munthu amakumana ndi munthu wamba. Zimapezeka makamaka m'zigawo zomwe mtsinje umayenda mofulumira. Koma amaonedwa kuti ali pangozi.
Nsomba zonse zili ndi mamba amphamvu ndi zipsepse ziwiri zakumbuyo, yakutsogolo ndi yozungulira ndipo yakumbuyo imakhala yofewa pang'ono. Ng'ombe imathanso kudziwika ndi mikwingwirima yakuda ya akambuku. Mtundu waukulu wa nsomba ndi zander. Ku Europe, amakula mpaka 130 centimita kutalika. Ndiko kukula kwa kamwana kakang'ono. Komabe, nsomba zambiri sizimakula kuposa masentimita 30. Nsomba ndi nsomba zolusa ndipo zimadya kwambiri tizilombo ta m’madzi, nyongolotsi, nkhanu, ndi mazira a nsomba zina. Zander amadya makamaka nsomba zina. Ngati palibenso chakudya, nthawi zina nsomba zazikulu zimateronso.
Nsomba, makamaka zander ndi nsomba, ndi nsomba zodziwika kuti tizidya. Nsadzayi ndi yamtengo wapatali chifukwa cha nyama yake yowonda komanso yopanda mafupa. Zander nthawi zambiri amagwidwa ndi asodzi amasewera. Chifukwa ndi amanyazi komanso ovuta kuwagonjetsa, kuwagwira kumakhala kovuta. Asodzi amasewera nthawi zambiri amagwiritsa ntchito nsomba zazing'ono monga roach kapena rudd ngati nyambo.