Vendace (Coregonus albula)

Scientific name: Coregonus albula Linnaeus, 1758

Vendace (Coregonus albula)

The Vendace (Coregonus albula) is a freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 13 - 17

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Coregonus albula
Family
Salmonidae (Salmonids)
Order
Salmoniformes (Salmons)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
48.0
Common length
20.0
Depth range
30 m (98 ft)
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; anadromous; depth range 30 - ? m
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Europe: Baltic basin, lakes of upper Volga drainage (Seliger, Vseluga, Perejaslavskoe), some lakes of White sea basin and North Sea basin east of Elbe drainage. Anadromous in Gulf of Finland and marine in northernmost freshened part of Gulf of Bothnia; north to about 69? N in Lake Inari, northern Finland; lower Rhine (now extirpated). Frequently stocked in lakes and reservoirs in Germany and Poland. Appendix III of the Bern Convention (protected fauna).
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: experimental
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.3-0.7; tm=2; tmax=10; Fec=2,000)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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