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n., pl., whitefish, or -fish·es.
    1. Any of various chiefly North American freshwater food fishes of the genus Coregonus, having a generally white or silvery color.
    2. Any of various similar or related fishes, such as the lake herring, whiting, or menhaden.
  2. See beluga (sense 2).

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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: whitefish
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Any of several silvery food fishes (family Salmonidae, or Coregonidae), inhabiting cold northern lakes of Europe, Asia, and North America. Whitefish weigh about 2 – 5 lbs (1 – 2 kg); they eat insect larvae and other small animals. The Lake Superior whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis), also called whiting or shad, is the largest of the lake whitefishes. Ciscoes, or lake herring (Coregonus artedi), are herringlike food and sport fishes. The best sport fishes of the family are the Rocky Mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni) and other round whitefishes.

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Food and Nutrition: whitefish
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Oily freshwater fish, Coregonus spp.

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Found in lakes and streams throughout North America, the whitefish is a member of the salmon family. Its high-fat, mild-flavored flesh is firm and white. Fresh whitefish can be found year-round and are generally marketed whole (from 2 to 6 pounds) or in fillets. They're also available frozen and smoked. Whitefish can be poached, baked, broiled or grilled. The roe can be cooked or used for caviar. See also fish.

Wikipedia: Whitefish (fisheries term)
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This article is about demersal fish; for more definitions see whitefish.

Whitefish (white fish, demersal fish) is a fisheries term referring to several species of pelagic deep water fish with fins, particularly cod (Gadus morhua), whiting (Merluccius bilinearis), and haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), but also hake (Urophycis), pollock (Pollachius), or others.

Unlike oily fish, white fish contain oils only in their liver, rather than in the gut, and can therefore be gutted as soon as they are caught, on board the ship. White fish has dry and white flesh.

White fish are divided into round fish which live near the sea bed (cod, coley) and flatfish such as plaice which live on the sea bed.

White fish is sometimes eaten straight but often used reconstituted for fishsticks, gefilte fish, lutefisk, surimi (imitation crabmeat), etc. For centuries it was preserved by drying as stockfish and clipfish and traded as a world commodity.[1] It is most widely known as the key ingredient in the classic British dish fish and chips. In Jewish cuisine, smoked whole whitefish and whitefish salad are delicacies enjoyed with bagels.

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  1. ^ Mark Kurlansky (1997). Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World. New York: Walker. ISBN 0-8027-1326-2.

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Translations: Whitefish
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - helting

Nederlands (Dutch)
witvis

Français (French)
n. - poisson blanc

Deutsch (German)
n. - Weißfisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ψάρι με άσπρο κρέας

Italiano (Italian)
coregone

Português (Portuguese)
n. - peixe branco comestível (m)

Русский (Russian)
рыба с белым мясом

Español (Spanish)
n. - pescado blanco

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vitfisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
鳟鱼的一种, 白色的鱼

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 鱒魚的一種, 白色的魚

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 송어의 일종, 은백색의 물고기, 물고기의 흰 살

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - サケ科の各種の魚, 白身の魚, シロイルカ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) السمك الأبيض أو لحمه, الحوت الأبيض, الدلفين الأبيض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דג לבן, דג כסוף, לוויתן לבן, בקלה (חמור הים)‬

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