Salmonidae

Carpione del Garda

Salmo carpio

Fish Reaching Fifty Centimeters in European Waters

• Temperate
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Europe
• Oceania
• Fusiform
• Medium
• Temperate fish

Salmo carpio, also known as the carpione (carpione del Garda or Lake Garda carpione), is a salmonid fish endemic to Lake Garda in Italy. 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 endangered.