Bodensee Kilch (Deepwater Whitefish)
Coregonus gutturosus
DE: Kilch (Bodensee-Kilch)
- Maximum Size
- 30 cm
- Waters
- 0
Distinguishing Features
Small silvery whitefish with an inferior mouth and large eyes — adaptations to life on the dark lake floor.
Habitat
Endemic deep-water resident of Lake Constance (spawned below 50 m). Wiped out by the eutrophication of the 1960s–70s — one of Germany's few global fish extinctions (IUCN: Extinct).
Red List Germany
0 · Extinct or missingNo longer occurs in the wild in Germany, or has not been found for a long time.
- Red List of freshwater fish:
- Freyhof et al. 2023 · Rote-Liste-Zentrum
- IUCN global:
- EX · Extinct
Fishing rules by federal state
Can I keep it?| Federal state | Minimum size | Closed season | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandenburg | none | none |
Not yet researched here — see the ordinance of: Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia
Statewide rules for anglers as of 24 Oct 2026, without guarantee. Clubs and waters can set stricter rules; the ordinance text is binding.
Waters
Map: Natural Earth (public domain); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Historically present (extinct)
Expected in these federal states
Expected occurrence, modelled from each water's fish zones, habitat type and the federal states the species lives in, and checked against GBIF records — not a record of observations.