Whitefish

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Whitefish or white fish may refer to:

• A fisheries term referring to the flesh of many types of fish; see Whitefish (fisheries term).
• Members of the subfamily Coregoninae in the family Salmonidae, including the mountain or lake whitefishes in the genus Coregonus, round whitefishes in the genus Prosopium and the inconnu (Stenodus leucichthys).
• Beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas.
• Beluga sturgeon, Huso huso.
• Any number other fish species:
  • the chimaerae Callorhinchus milii and Hydrolagus ogilbyi
  • some atherinopsids
  • a clupeid, the Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus)
  • a cyprinid, the cape whitefish (Barbus andrewi)
  • a hiodontid, the mooneye (Hiodon tergisus)
  • some malacanthids
  • some salangids
  • Kutum is also called "White Fish" or "Caspian White Fish".
  • a sparid, the white steenbras (Lithognathus lithognathus)
• Towns and geographical features that have the name "Whitefish":
  • Whitefish, Montana
  • Whitefish Lake, Montana
  • Whitefish, New Mexico
  • Whitefish Bay, a bay between the United States and Canada.
  • Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin
  • Whitefish, Ontario
  • Whitefish Lake First Nation
  • Whitefish Falls, Ontario