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Coregonus bavaricus

Synonyms: Coregonus acronius bavarica
Language: German; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

Coregonus bavaricus, known as the kilch or Ammersee-Kilch in German, is a species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It is endemic to the Ammersee lake in Bavaria, where it is pelagic in deep water. It is considered a critically endangered species by the IUCN Red List, since it is only found in an area of 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi), and has only been recorded three times since 2000. Still in the 1940s it was a commercially important fish. A decline probably occurred in the 1970s when eutrophication of the lake was intense, and this is still considered to be the main threat to the survival of the species.
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Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Coregonus bavaricus

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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0