Coregonus albula ';
General information
 
Coregonus albula (Linnaeus, 1758)
 
 
Common nameVendace, European cisco
Synonyms
Salmo albula Linnaeus, 1758
Salmo vimba Linnaeus, 1758
Cyprinus muraenula Wulff, 1765
Salmo maraenula Bloch, 1779
Salmo maraenula Bloch, 1782
Coregonus albula var. norvegica Gunther, 1866
Coregonus albula finnica Gunther, 1866
Coregonus brevis Maklin, 1869
Coregonus albula perejaslawica Polyakov, 1874
Coregonus sardinella marisalbi Berg, 1916
Coregonus albula pereslawicus Borisov, 1924
Coregonus albula olonensis Borisov, 1924
Coregonus albula pereslavicus Berg, 1932
Coregonus albula vodlosericus Lukash, 1939
Coregonus albula topozeri Novikov, 1947
Coregonus albula ladogensis Berg, 1948
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Least Concern (LC)
Habitat
Freshwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Protacanthopterygii; Salmoniformes; Salmonidae.
Geographical distribution
Kazakhstan; Russia; UK; Germany; France; Bulgaria; Ukraine; Romania; Norway; Sweden; Denmark; Finland; Netherlands; Czech Republic; Estonia; Hungary; Latvia; Lithuania; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland
Occurrence Introduced: Kazakhstan, France, Ukraine, Romania, Netherlands, Slovakia
Native: Russia, UK, Germany, Bulgaria, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Switzerland
Extirpated: Czech Republic
Not established: Hungary
Importance
Ornamental
Remarks
Nil
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Lake Ukiel, Olsztyn District, Poland
Source of chromosomes
Kidney
Number of specimens with sex
16 (02 males; 14 females)
Diploid chromosome number
80
Karyotype formula
14m+2sm+4st+60a
Fundamental arm number
96
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
Not reported
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Ag-NOR signals, similar in size, observed on terminal position of one metacentric and one sutelocentric chromosome pair. C-positive heterochromatic bands found on 05 largest metacentric, 01 subtelocentric and 01 acrocentric chromosome pairs.
Reference(s)
Jankun M, Klinger M, Woznicki P (1995). Chromosome variability in European vendace (Coregonus albula L.) from Poland, Caryologia: International Journal of Cytology, Cytosystematics and Cytogenetics, 48(2): 165-172.