Vendace  (Coregonus albula)

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Description

This vendace is one of the UK's rarest freshwater fish (2); it is a small, streamlined (2) and slim fish with a bluish green back (5), a white belly (6) and silvery flanks (5). The fins are grey in colour becoming darker towards the margins (6). It has large eyes, a relatively small mouth and an adipose fin (5). Other common names for this species include 'whitefish' and 'European cisco' in England and 'Fendas' in Welsh (7).

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