Monitoring of fish species in the Lamone river: distribution and morphometric measures of the populations

• Main Authors: Riccardo Bozzi, Davide De Petris, Lisa Nardi, Alessandro Crovetti, Gianluca Giorgi, Giuliana Parisi, Cristiana Triberti, Paola Lupi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2010-01-01
• Series: Italian Journal of Animal Science
• Subjects: Fish, Morphometric measures, Lamone river
• Online Access: http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/598

Fish samplings were carried out monthly from spring to autumn during 2008, on the Lamone river and the Campigno stream by an electrofishing, in order to verify the presence of fish populations and the most common species represented. Barb, Barbus plebejus, Blageon, Leuciscus muticellus, Chub, Leuciscus cephalus, South European Nase, Chondrostoma genei were identified. A small population of Brown trout, Salmo trutta fario was also recognized. Barb is the most represented species in all the sites. The samplings highlight that Lamone river presented conditions suitable to fully guarantee the life of the fish populations.