Leucos aula in Italy
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Main Ref.
Also Ref.
Occurrence native
Importance Ref.
Aquaculture Ref.
Regulations Ref.
Freshwater Yes
Brackish No
Saltwater No
Live export
Bait No
Gamefish No
Abundance occasional (usually not seen) Ref.
Comments

Occurs only in the Padua-Venetian regions. It has been transplanted from north to central Italy since historical times. It is now dominant in several central Italian lakes.Trans-introductions have hidden its original distribution in rivers on the Adriatic slope. Abundant locally in the Padua-Venetian regions to the extent of being a pest (Ref. 12291). Has been stocked unintentionally in the Ombrone river (Ref. 45688). Has caused the extinction of Sarmarutilus rubilio in central and southern Italian lakes and rivers (Ref. 96829). Also Ref. 26100, 27118, 94493.

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(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. oophagy)
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