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, known as freshwater whitefish, including:
- Common whitefish Coregonus lavaretus in the genus Coregonus
- Lake whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis in the genus Coregonus
- Round whitefish Prosopium cylindraceum in the genus Prosopium
- Mountain whitefish Prosopium williamsoni in the genus Prosopium
- Inconnu Stenodus leucichthys in the genus Stenodus
- 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