Vendace
D-Kleine Maräne; GB-Vendace, Baltic cisco; DK-Heltling; PL-Sielawa; LT-Seliava; LV-Repsis; EST-Varavīksnes forele; RU-Европейская ряпушка; FIN-Muikku; S-Siklöja
Characters
1) Adipose fin present.
2) Mouth small and terminal to slightly superior.
●) Glancing silvern, flanks coloured often blueish-greenish.
Often 15 to 20 cm, max. 40 cm length.
Similar species
Maraena - snout protruding.
Bleak - no adipose fin; anal fin much longer (longer than dorsal fin).
Herring - no adipose fin; mouth bigger and clearly superior.
Smelt - mouth larger; lateral line incomplete.
Biology
Species living in fresh water as well as in salt water; often migrates from salt into fresh waters because of reproduction purposes; reaching spawning maturity with 2 to 5 years.Diet
They mainly feed on small zooplankton like crustaceans and their larvae.Importance
Used commercially as foodfish.Endangerment
Presumably not endangered.Coregonus albula
