Whitefish Explained

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
• Caspian kutum, also called "White Fish" or "Caspian White Fish"
• The chimaerae species:
  • Australian ghost shark
  • Ogilby's ghostshark
• Freshwater whitefish, members of the subfamily Coregoninae in the family Salmonidae, including:
  • Atlantic whitefish, 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 (Caulolatilus princeps)
• White steenbras, (Lithognathus lithognathus), a sparid

Mammals

• Beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas

Places

• Whitefish Bay, a bay in Lake Superior between the United States and Canada
• Whitefish Range, Montana and British Columbia

Canada

• Whitefish, Ontario
• Whitefish Falls, Ontario
• Whitefish Lake First Nation, Ontario

United States

• Whitefish, Montana
• Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin
• Whitefish Township, Michigan

Other uses

• "Whitefish", an instrumental by the rock band Yes, first released on the 1985 live album

See also

• Whitefish Bay (disambiguation)
• Whitefish Lake (disambiguation)
• Whiting
• Whitefish Energy