Coregonus bavaricus

Coregonus bavaricus
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Salmoniformes
Family:	Salmonidae
Subfamily:	Coregoninae
Genus:	Coregonus
Species:	C. bavaricus
Binomial name
Coregonus bavaricus Hofer, 1909

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. Between 1951 and 2003 only three specimens have been caught. The standard length is 241–245 millimetres (9.5–9.6 in). They have 18-30 gill rakers and are becoming extinct due to overfishing of smaller individuals

References

• Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, 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.
• Freyhof, Jörg (2005). "Redescription of Coregonus bavaricus Hofer, 1909 from Lake Ammersee, Bavaria (Salmoniformes: Coregonidae)" (PDF). Cybium (Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries) 29 (2): 179–183.