Bodensee Deepwater Charr
Salvelinus profundus
DE: Bodensee-Tiefseesaibling
- Maximum Size
- 25 cm
- Waters
- 1
Distinguishing Features
Small pale charr with large eyes; spawns in summer at great depth — unlike the winter-spawning lake charr.
Habitat
Endemic charr of Lake Constance's deep zone. Declared extinct by the IUCN in 2008 — rediscovered in 2014 (a "Lazarus species"); today critically endangered.
Red List Germany
2 · EndangeredStrongly declining or already greatly reduced in Germany.
Thought extinct, it was rediscovered in Lake Constance in 2012; the population is very small.
- Red List of freshwater fish:
- Freyhof et al. 2023 · Rote-Liste-Zentrum
- IUCN global:
- EN · Endangered
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)
Native
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.