Vendace
(Coregonus albula)
Classification
Species:
Coregonus albula
Genus:
Coregonus - Whitefishes
Family: Salmonidae - Salmons and Trouts
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Coregonus albula, known as the vendace or as the European cisco, is a species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It is found in lakes in northern Europe, especially Finland, Latvia, 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.
The length of an adult is normally about 20 cm (8 in). The maximum age is about ten years.