Whitefish or white fish may refer to: *

Whitefish (fisheries term) Whitefish or white fish is a fisheries term for several species of demersal fish with fins, particularly Atlantic cod (''Gadus morhua''), whiting (''Merluccius bilinearis''), haddock (''Melanogrammus aeglefinus''), hake (''Urophycis''), pollock ...

, referring to the flesh of many types of fishes

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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 The freshwater whitefish are fishes of the subfamily Coregoninae, which contains whitefishes (both freshwater and anadromous) and ciscoes, and is one of three subfamilies in the salmon family Salmonidae. Apart from the subfamily Coregoninae, the ...

, 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 The lake whitefish (''Coregonus clupeaformis'') is a species of freshwater whitefish from North America. Lake whitefish are found throughout much of Canada and parts of the northern United States, including all of the Great Lakes. The lake white ...

, ''Coregonus clupeaformis'' in the genus ''Coregonus'' **

Mountain whitefish The mountain whitefish (''Prosopium williamsoni'') is one of the most widely distributed salmonid fish of western North America. It is found from the Mackenzie River drainage in Northwest Territories, Canada south through western Canada and t ...

, ''Prosopium williamsoni'', in the genus ''Prosopium'' * Some

tilefish 250px, Blue blanquillo, ''Malacanthus latovittatus'' Tilefishes are mostly small perciform marine fish comprising the family Malacanthidae. They are usually found in sandy areas, especially near coral reefs. Commercial fisheries exist for th ...

es, including ** Ocean whitefish (''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 The beluga whale () (''Delphinapterus leucas'') is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean. It is one of two members of the family Monodontidae, along with the narwhal, and the only member of the genus ''Delphinapterus''. It is also known as the whi ...

, ''Delphinapterus leucas''

Places

Whitefish, Montana Whitefish (Salish: epɫx̣ʷy̓u, "has whitefish") is a town in Flathead County, Montana, United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, there were 7,751 people in the town. History Long before the first Europeans came to Whitefish, ...

Whitefish, Ontario Walden ( Canada 1996 Census population 10,292) was a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, which existed from 1973 to 2000. Created as part of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury when regional government was introduced, the town was dissolv ...

Whitefish Bay Whitefish Bay is a large bay on the eastern end of Lake Superior between Michigan, United States, and Ontario, Canada. It is located between Whitefish Point in Michigan and Whiskey Point along the more rugged, largely wilderness Canadian Shield o ...

, 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 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, ''Pseudobarbus capensis'', a cyprinid * Beluga sturgeon, ''Huso huso'' * Casp ...

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 Whitefish Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 575 at the 2010 census. With a land area of , Whitefish Township is the sixth-largest municipality in the state by land area and among t ...

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

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