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).
- Mountain or lake whitefishes in the genus Coregonus, including the common whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus.
- Beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas.
- Beluga sturgeon, Huso huso.
- Any number other fish species:
- * Round whitefishes in the genus Prosopium and the similar inconnu (Stenodus leucichthys)
- * 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
- * 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
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