Macrozoobenthos assay carried out in hyperhaline waterbodies (Gor’kaya river and Lake Baskunchak littoral) of Bogdino-Baskunchakski nature reserve yielded 14 taxa: bugs – 3 (from family Corixidae: Cymatia rogenhoferi (Fieber, 1864), Paracorixa concinna (Fieber, 1848) and Sigara assimilis (Fieber, 1848)), chironomids – 2 (Baeotendipes noctivaga Kieffer, 1911, Orthocladius sp.), other dipterans – 4 (Limoniidae, Dolichopodidae, Ephydridae and Tabanidae (род Chrysops) larvae), beetles – 5 (Dytiscidae: Cybister (s.