European perch (perca fluviatilis)

A medium size fish, it can weigh up to 2 kg and can reach 35 cm in length. Its body is laterally compressed and it usually is olive green or blue green, with dark cross stripes. It lives on pebbly bottoms, and reproduces during the months of April and May.

Pumpkinseed (lepomis gibbosus)

Easily recognisable because of its peculiar high, rounded body shape and the striking colours, its skin is one of the prettiest among lake fish. Its typical habitat is the calm and sandy bottom of the lake; it can reach 20 cm in length.

Black bullhead (ameiurus melas)

It can be recognized easily by its stocky body and massive head, and the presence of 4 pairs of barbs around the mouth. It prefers areas with shallow water and muddy bottom; a greedy hunter, its average size is around 30-40 cm and its weight goes from 300 g to 1 kg.

Char (salvelinus alpinus)

The char is very similar to the trout, with a slightly longer and tapered shape, dark in colour with lighter round marks. It lives mainly in deep clean waters on rocky bottoms. It reproduces from November to January resurfacing from the depths to lay its eggs.

Rudd (scardinius scardafa)

The rudd has a stocky body, laterally compressed and scales-covered. Its medium lenght is about 15-25 cm and its weight is 200-300 g. This species is sedentary and gregarious. The shoals live in deep waters with muddy bottoms during the winter and in superficial ones in the summer. Reproduction takes place from April to June.

Wels catfish (silurus glanis)

It is one of the major predators of the internal waters, its size can vary. Its body is cylindrical and its large mouth has 3 pairs of barbels. It prefers calm, shallow waters with a soft bottom and rich in vegetation. During the day it tends to remain motionless on the bottom; it reproduces in late spring.

Tench (tinca tinca)

A common fish with a stocky body, yellow-green in colour, with a short barb on the sides of the mouth. It reproduces during the summer months along the shores, and in winter it hibernates submerged under the muddy lake bottom. The size ranges from 20 to 30 cm, the weight is between 1 and 3 kg.

Lake trout (salmo trutta)

The sea trout is a fish that can reach remarkable dimensions: it has a silver-grey colour and its skin is covered by isolated black spots. It lives far from the shore and prefers to stay where the water is cooler. It reproduces in November and December, in shallow gravelly depths.

Vairone (leuciscus muticellus)

The vairone lives in large shoals in clear clean water and on gravelly depths. With a long and slim body, its maximum lenght is about 20 cm. It is a very agile omnivorous fish, which looks for food in sandy areas; it reproduces in April and May along the shores of the lake.

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