- Coregonus bavaricus
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Coregonus bavaricus Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Salmoniformes Family: Salmonidae Subfamily: Coregoninae Genus: Coregonus Species: C. bavaricus Binomial name Coregonus bavaricus
Hofer, 1909Coregonus 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. The maximum length recorded for this species is 20.0 centimetres (7.9 in).
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2010). "Coregonus bavaricus" in FishBase. January 2010 version.
- Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Coregonus bavaricus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/135698.
- Freyhof, Jörg (2005). "Redescription of Coregonus bavaricus Hofer, 1909 from Lake Ammersee, Bavaria (Salmoniformes: Coregonidae)". Cybium (Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries) 29 (2): 179–183. http://unio.igb-berlin.de/abt4/mitarbeiter/freyhof/downloads/C_bavaricus.pdf.
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