''Salmo carpio'', also known as the carpione (''carpione del Garda''
[Crivelli, A.J. 2006]
''Salmo carpio''
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[S. Melotto, G. Alessio (2006]
Biology of carpione, ''Salmo carpio'' L., an endemic species of Lake Garda (Italy)
''Journal of Fish Biology
The ''Journal of Fish Biology'' covers all aspects of fish and fisheries biological research, both freshwater and marine. It is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is the official journal of the Fisheries Society of the British Isles
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'' 37, 687-698.) is a
salmonid
Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish that constitutes the only currently extant family in the order Salmoniformes . It includes salmon (both Atlantic and Pacific species), trout (both ocean-going and landlocked), chars, freshwater whitefis ...
fish
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to
Lake Garda
Lake Garda ( it, Lago di Garda or ; lmo, label= Eastern Lombard, Lach de Garda; vec, Ƚago de Garda; la, Benacus; grc, Βήνακος) is the largest lake in Italy.
It is a popular holiday location in northern Italy, about halfway between ...
in
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
. It has been introduced to a number of other lakes in Italy and elsewhere but unsuccessfully in all cases.
[ The population in Lake Garda has been strongly declining, and is considered critically endangered.][
The main threats are due to ]overfishing
Overfishing is the removal of a species of fish (i.e. fishing) from a body of water at a rate greater than that the species can replenish its population naturally (i.e. the overexploitation of the fishery's existing fish stock), resulting in the ...
, pollution and possibly competition from