Fish of the Coregonus (whitefishes) genus of the Coregoninae subfamily of the Salmonidae family of the Salmoniformes order of the Protacanthopterygii superorder.
(Coregonus candidus. Photo by © M. Kottelat, J. Freyhof. ittiofauna.org)
Coregonus candidus was first described in 1883 by the by German author Hermann Göll (1822 – 1886). It’s a pelagic species. The recorded maximum length is 32 cm. It feeds on planktonic crustaceans.
It’s the endemic of the following Swiss lakes: the Neuchatel and the Biel. It was released and now inhabits the following lakes: the Como (Lario), Garlate, Maggiore and other water bodies of northern Italy.
It is listed in IUCN Red List as a vulnerable species (VU).
Names of Coregonus candidus in other languages are as follows:
Coregone bondella (Italian), Schweizer Bondelle (German).