Coregonus albula, known as the vendace or as the European cisco,[1] is a species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae.

[3] The vendace is traditionally the most important target of freshwater fisheries in parts of Fennoscandia and Russia.

Vendace roe is considered a delicacy, which has been granted a PDO status in the Swedish Bothnian Bay archipelago (Kalix löjrom).

[4] The European vendace is very closely related to the Siberian Coregonus sardinella (sardine cisco) and also to C. peled, although phenotypic differences are clear.

FishBase lists the British populations of vendace as a separate species, Coregonus vandesius,[6] but this distinction is not accepted by all scientists.