Salmonidae

Maraena whitefish

Coregonus maraena

One Hundred Thirty Centimeters Trout of European Waters

• White
• Temperate
• Regional distribution
• East Asia
• Europe
• Fusiform
• Large
• Temperate fish

Coregonus maraena, referred to in English as the maraene, maraena whitefish, vendace, cisco, lake herring, lake whitefish or the whitefish, is a whitefish of the family Salmonidae that occurs in the Baltic Sea basin – in the sea itself and the inflowing rivers, and in several lakes as landlocked populations. It is found in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia (Štrbské pleso), Russia and Sweden. Up to 2023, it was listed as a vulnerable species by the IUCN, but this is now revised to Least Concern.