The vendace has only ever been known as a native species at four sites in Britain: Bassenthwaite Lake and Derwent Water in the English Lake District, and the Castle Loch and Mill Loch in Lochmaben, Scotland.
The lake is believed to be the last remaining native habitat of the vendace (Coregonus vandesius) fish from the 4 originally known sites: Bassenthwaite Lake and Derwent Water in the Lake District and the Castle Loch & Mill Loch in Lochmaben.
:*Coregonus vandesius, in lakes of Scotland and England; arguably the same species as Coregonus albula
Coregonus | Coregonus vandesius | Coregonus trybomi | Coregonus albula |