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Coregonus albula

Coregonus albula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Coregonus
Species:
C. albula
Binomial name
Coregonus albula

Coregonus albula, known as the vendace or as the European cisco,[1] is a species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It is found in lakes in northern Europe, especially Finland, Latvia,[2] Lithuania, Sweden, Russia and Estonia, and in some lakes of Norway, the United Kingdom, northern Germany, and Poland. It is also found in diluted brackish water in the Gulfs of Finland and Bothnia, both of which are in the Baltic Sea.[3]

The length of an adult is normally about 20 cm (8 in). The maximum age is about ten years.[3]

Fried vendace is a popular summertime food in Finland.

The vendace is traditionally the most important target of freshwater fisheries in parts of Fennoscandia and Russia. Vendace roe is considered a delicacy, which has been granted a PDO status in the Swedish Bothnian Bay archipelago (Kalix löjrom).

  1. ^ a b Freyhof, J. (2016) [errata version of 2011 assessment]. "Coregonus albula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T5360A97801719. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T5360A11122508.en. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  2. ^ "repsis - Coregonus albula (L.) - Zivis - Latvijas daba".
  3. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Coregonus albula". FishBase. November 2015 version.

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