Whitefish or white fish may refer to: * Whitefish (fisheries term), referring to the flesh of many types of fishes

Aquatic life

Fish species are

Cape whitefish The Cape whitefish or Berg-breede River whitefish (''Pseudobarbus capensis'') is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is placed with the South African redfins in ''Pseudobarbus''. It is tetraploid. Its closest living relative w ...

, ''Pseudobarbus capensis'', a cyprinid *

Beluga sturgeon The beluga (), also known as the beluga sturgeon or great sturgeon (''Huso huso''), is a species of anadromous fish in the sturgeon family (Acipenseridae) of order Acipenseriformes. It is found primarily in the Caspian and Black Sea basins, a ...

, ''Huso huso'' *

Caspian kutum The Caspian kutum (''Rutilus kutum'') or Caspian white fish is a member of the family Cyprinidae from brackish water habitats of the Caspian Sea and from its freshwater tributaries. It is typically a medium-sized fish, reaching 45–55 cm ...

, also called "White Fish" or "Caspian White Fish" * The chimaerae species: ** Australian ghost shark **

Ogilby's ghostshark Ogilby's ghostshark (''Chimaera ogilbyi''), also known as the whitefish, is a species of chimaera, native to the waters of Australia and southern Indonesia. It lives near the ocean floor on the continental shelf and continental slope deep. It ...

* Freshwater whitefish, members of the subfamily Coregoninae in the family Salmonidae, including: **

Atlantic whitefish The Atlantic whitefish (''Coregonus huntsmani'') is a coregonine fish inhabiting some freshwater lakes within Nova Scotia, Canada. It is known to survive only in the Petite Rivière watershed as landlocked populations. Earlier it was also foun ...

, ''Coregonus huntsmani'' in the genus ''Coregonus'' ** Common whitefish, ''Coregonus lavaretus'' in the genus ''Coregonus'' ** Lake whitefish, ''Coregonus clupeaformis'' in the genus ''Coregonus'' ** Mountain whitefish, ''Prosopium williamsoni'', in the genus ''Prosopium'' * Some tilefishes, including **

Ocean whitefish The ocean whitefish (''Caulolatilus princeps''), also known as the ocean tilefish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a tilefish belonging to the family Malacanthidae. It is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean. Description The ocean whitef ...

(''Caulolatilus princeps'') *

White steenbras The white steenbras (''Lithognathus lithognathus'') is a species of fish in the family Sparidae endemic to South Africa. Due to overfishing, primarily by seine netting operations in False Bay False Bay (Afrikaans ''Valsbaai'') is a body ...

, (''Lithognathus lithognathus''), a sparid

Mammals

* Beluga whale, ''Delphinapterus leucas''

Places

* Whitefish, Montana * Whitefish, Ontario * Whitefish Bay, a bay in Lake Superior between the United States and Canada *

Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin Whitefish Bay is a village in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 14,954 at the 2020 census. History In the early 19th century when the first white settlers arrived, the Whitefish Bay area was controlled by Native Am ...

* Whitefish Falls, Ontario *

Whitefish Lake First Nation The Whitefish Lake First Nation ( cr, ᐊᑎᐦᑲᒣᐠ, atihkamek) is a First Nations band government in northern Alberta. Headquartered in Atikameg, it controls three Indian reserves, Utikoomak Lake 155, Utikoomak Lake 155A, and Utikoomak La ...

, Ontario *

Whitefish Range The Whitefish Range is a mountain range stretching north-south from British Columbia, Canada to Montana, United States. It is about long and wide. Water flowing from its east side drains down the North Fork Flathead River and its west side drains ...

, Montana and British Columbia * Whitefish Township, Michigan

Other uses

*"Whitefish", an instrumental by the rock band Yes, first released on the 1985 live album '' 9012Live: The Solos''

Aquatic life

Fish species are

Mammals

Places

Other uses

See also