Vendace
Coregonus albula (Linnaeus, 1758)
The vendace (Coregonus albula) is a bony fish in the family Salmonidae and the subfamily Coregoninae, within the order Salmoniformes. On the IUCN Red List, the vendace is assessed globally as Least Concern (LC), which is not an IUCN threatened category.
Quick facts about the vendace
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 20 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 10 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- freshwatersrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the vendace?
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Where does the vendace live?
Not recorded
What is the vendace?
Coregonus albula, known as the vendace or as the Least 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.
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).
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Is the vendace endangered?
The vendace is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the vendace classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classTeleostei
- orderSalmoniformes
- familySalmonidae
- genusCoregonus
- SpeciesCoregonus albula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms Coregonus albula finnica, Coregonus albula ladogensis, Coregonus albula natio pereslawicus, Coregonus albula olonensis, Coregonus albula perejaslawica, Coregonus albula pereslavicus, Coregonus albula pereslawicus, Coregonus albula topozeri, Coregonus albula var. finnica, Coregonus albula var. norvegica, Coregonus albula vodlosericus, Coregonus albula volosericus, Coregonus brevis, Coregonus lavaretus norvegicus, Coregonus sardinella marisalbi, Coregonus sardinella orientalis, Coregonus sardinella vessicus, Cyprinus muraenula, Salmo albula, Salmo maraenula, Salmo maraenula, Salmo vimba
Other names and names in other languages (59)
- Baltic ciscoEnglish
- European ciscoEnglish
- European whitefishEnglish
- Least ciscoEnglish
- Sardine ciscoEnglish
- White fishEnglish
- White fishEnglish
- СяляваBelarusian
- Corègon blancCatalan
- Síh malýCzech
- síh sibiřskýCzech
- MòrénkaKashubian
- fendasWelsh
- FendeisiaidWelsh
- heltlingDanish
- ZwergmaräneGerman
- kleine MaräneGerman
- Λευκός κορήγωνοςGreek
- vendaceSpanish
- coregono blancoSpanish
- corégono blancoSpanish
- RääbisEstonian
- muikkuFinnish
- petite marèneFrench
- cisco sardinelleFrench
- corégone blancFrench
- TörpemarénaHungarian
- IqalusaaqInupiaq
- coregone biancoItalian
- モトコクチマスJapanese
- seliavaLithuanian
- RepsisLatvian
- lagesildNorwegian Bokmål
- lågåsildNorwegian Bokmål
- stinteNorwegian Bokmål
- kleine mareneDutch
- LagasildNorwegian Nynorsk
- høstsikNorwegian Nynorsk
- lagesildNorwegian Nynorsk
- lakesikNorwegian Nynorsk
- vemmeNorwegian Nynorsk
- sielawaPolish
- Sielawa europejskaPolish
- coregon-micRomanian
- РипусRussian
- Европейская ряпушкаRussian
- Сибирская ряпушкаRussian
- ряпушка балтийская или европейскаяRussian
- mala ozimicaSlovenian
- siklöjaSwedish
- beyaz balıkTurkish
- göl beyaz balığıTurkish
- omul balığıTurkish
- ряпушкаUkrainian
- Європейська ряпушкаUkrainian
- Ряпушка європейськаUkrainian
- Cá hồi trắng châu ÂuVietnamese
- 小白鮭Chinese
- 歐白鮭Chinese
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Relatives of the vendace
Other species in the same genus Coregonus.
Lavaret
Coregonus lavaretus
Peled
Coregonus peled
Omul
Coregonus migratorius
Pollan
Coregonus autumnalis
Houting
Coregonus oxyrinchus
Muksun
Coregonus muksun
CompareVendace vs LavaretVendace vs PeledVendace vs OmulVendace vs Pollan
Common questions
Each answer is written from the sourced facts on this page, and only where they hold the answer.
What kind of animal is the vendace?
The vendace is a bony fish. It belongs to the family Salmonidae and the subfamily Coregoninae.
What is the scientific name of the vendace?
The scientific name of the vendace is Coregonus albula, in the genus Coregonus.
Who named Coregonus albula?
Coregonus albula was named by Linnaeus in 1758, written as (Linnaeus, 1758).
Is the vendace endangered?
No. The vendace is assessed globally as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List, which is not an IUCN threatened category.
What order does the vendace belong to?
The vendace belongs to the order Salmoniformes, in the class Teleostei.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
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