Salvelinus umbla [SEP] IUCN conservation status
Europe, between France and Austria and between Germany and Northern Italy. It has been introduced in high altitude lakes as well.
Although it is assessed as a least concern species by IUCN, the eutrophication of the lakes in the Subalpine region, which began in the 1950s and peaked in 1979, badly affected "Salvelinus umbla" populations, which crashed during that period. The lake char became locally extinct in lakes such as Mondsee and other char species, such as "Salvelinus profundus", were driven to extinction in the
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External links.
- USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Fish Database
- IUCN Salvelinus umbla