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Coregonus albula in Denmark
Vendace

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Coregonus albula   (Linnaeus, 1758)
Family:	Salmonidae (Salmonids) , subfamily: Coregoninae			picture (Coalb_u0.jpg) by Ekeli, K.O.
Order:	Salmoniformes  (salmons)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Vendace
Max. size:	45.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 556); max. published weight: 1,000 g (Ref. 556); max. reported age: 10 years
Environment:	pelagic-neritic; anadromous ; depth range - 30 m
Climate:	temperate; 71°N - 50°N
Global Importance:	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)
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.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-13; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 13-17
Biology:	Forms pelagic schools in deeper lakes. Spawns on shallow sand or gravel substrate. Anadromous in the Baltic. A non-migratory freshwater population exists. Feeds on planktonic crustaceans
Threatened:	, (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Svetovidov, A.N.. 1984. (Ref. 4779)
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Denmark country information
Common names:	Heltling		Ref:  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1990
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish
Abundance:	fairly common (chances are about 50%)		Ref:  Winkler, H.M., K. Skora, R. Repecka, M. Ploks, A. Neelov, L. Urho, A. Gushin and H. Jespersen, 2000
Regulations:	protected		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Rare. Occurs in the watercourses and lakes of Gudenå and Skals Å. Possibly released in Suså (Ref. 9945). Protected in the period: 1. Nov. - 31. Jan. (Ref 10963). Also Ref. 556.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/da.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Muus, B.J. and P. Dahlstrøm, 1990
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	Modified:  Sampang, Arlene G.	Entered:  Froese, Rainer

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