Accepted scientific name:
Coregonus albula (Linnaeus, 1758) (accepted name)
Synonyms: Coregonus albula finnica Günther, 1866 (synonym)
Coregonus albula ladogae (non Pravdin, Golubev & Belyaeva, 1938) (misapplied name)
Coregonus albula ladogensis Berg, 1948 (synonym)
Coregonus albula var. norvegica Günther, 1866 (synonym)
Coregonus albula olonensis Borisov, 1924 (ambiguous synonym)
Coregonus albula perejaslawica Polyakov, 1874 (ambiguous synonym)
Coregonus albula pereslavicus Berg, 1932 (ambiguous synonym)
Coregonus albula pereslawicus Borisov, 1924 (ambiguous synonym)
Coregonus albula topozeri Novikov, 1947 (ambiguous synonym)
Coregonus albula vodlosericus Lukash, 1939 (ambiguous synonym)
Coregonus brevis Mäklin, 1869 (synonym)
Coregonus sardinella marisalbi Berg, 1916 (ambiguous synonym)
Coregonus sardinella vessicus Dryagin, 1932 (ambiguous synonym)
Coregonus sardinella vessicus Dryagin, 1933 (ambiguous synonym)
Cyprinus muraenula Wulff, 1765 (ambiguous synonym)
Salmo albula Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Salmo maraenula Bloch, 1779 (ambiguous synonym)
Salmo maraenula Bloch, 1782 (synonym)
Salmo vimba Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Size / Weight / Age
Max length : 45.0 cm TL male/unsexed; common length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; max. published weight: 1,000 g; max. reported age: 10 years.
Environment
Benthopelagic; anadromous; freshwater; brackish; marine; depth range 30 - ? m
Climate / Range
Temperate; 71°N - 50°N, 2°W - 61°E
Distribution
Europe and Asia: in lakes from England to northwest Russia. In the Baltic Sea: in the Bothnian Bay and eastern end of the Gulf of Finland. Appendix III of the Bern Convention (protected fauna). According to Kottelat (Ref. 13696) restricted to Scandinavia and Russia.
Short description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 13 - 17
Biology
Forms pelagic schools in deeper lakes. Spawns on shallow sand or gravel substrate. Anadromous in the Baltic. Feeds on planktonic crustaceans.
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: experimental
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Maréna malá Czech Czech Rep
Síh malý Czech Czech Rep
Heltling Danish -
Heltling Danish Denmark
Kleine marene Dutch Netherlands
Kleine moreno Dutch -
European cisco English Kazakhstan
European cisco English UK
European whitefish English -
Vendace English -
Vendace English Estonia
Vendace English Russian Fed
Vendace English UK
Vendace English USA
White fish English UK
Whitefish English -
Rääbis Estonian Estonia
Muikku Finnish Finland
Corégone blanc French -
Corégone blanc French France
Petite maréne French -
Petite marène French France
Petite marène French Switzerland
Albuli German Germany
Felchen German Germany
Kleine Maräne German -
Kleine Maräne German Germany
Marene German Germany
Marenke German -
Marenke German Germany
Marenken German Germany
Marinchen German Germany
Maräne German Germany
Renke German Germany
Schnäpel German Germany
Silbermaräne German -
Zolfisch German Germany
Zollfisch German -
Zwergmaräne German -
Zwergmaräne German Germany
Korégonos Greek Greece
Coregone bianco Italian -
Coregone bianco Italian Italy
repsis Latvian Latvia
seliava Lithuanian Lithuania
欧白鲑 Mandarin Chinese China Main
歐白鮭 Mandarin Chinese China Main
Lagesild Norwegian Norway
Sielawa Polish Poland
Coregono branco Portuguese -
Coregono branco Portuguese Portugal
Coregono-bicudo Portuguese Portugal
Coregon-mic Rumanian Romania
Pastrav argintiu Rumanian Romania
европейская ряпушка Russian Russian Fed
ряпушка европейская Russian Russian Fed
Evropeiskaja riapushka Russian Belarus
Evropeiskaja riapushka Russian Latvia
Evropeiskaja riapushka Russian Ukraine
Evropeiskaya ryapushka Russian Russian Fed
Sih malý Slovak Slovakia
Coregono blanco Spanish -
Coregono blanco Spanish Spain
Siklöja Swedish Sweden
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