| Family: |
Salmonidae (Salmonids), subfamily: Salmoninae |
| Max. size: |
30 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Europe: Lake Ammersee in southern Germany. |
| Diagnosis: |
Diagnosed from other prealpine charrs by the following combination of characters: mouth subinferior; snout blunt; 19-25 gill rakers; flank yellowish to silvery, sometimes with faint pale spots; eye diameter 0.8-1.4 times in interorbital; head depth at eye 9.4-11.4% SL; body depth at anal-fin origin 10.6-14.7% SL (Ref. 56679). Also distinguished from congeners in central Europe by its fin hyaline to whitish, with white margins in mature males (Ref. 59043). |
| Biology: |
Inhabits deep water, below 80 m. Spawns in all seasons with a peak in September and October (Ref. 59043). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Vulnerable (VU); Date assessed: 01 January 2008 (D2) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
| Country info: |
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