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S: MarLIN – https://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/detail/58 (last access: 14 September 2024); EUNIS – https://eunis.eea.europa.eu/species/9965 (last access: 14 September 2024).

N: 1. whitefish (n.). collective name for cod, haddock, hake, sole, etc., mid-15c., from white (adj.) + fish (n.).

2. whitefish, any of several valuable silvery food fishes (family Salmonidae, or in some classifications, Coregonidae), generally found in cold northern lakes of Europe, Asia, and North America, often in deep water. Whitefish are like trout in having an adipose (fleshy) fin but have larger scales, weaker teeth, and smaller mouths. They eat insect larvae and other small animals and spawn in fall.

3. Lake whitefishes (Coregonus) are deep-bodied forms. The largest and most valuable, C. clupeaformis of the Great Lakes region, is known by such other names as Lake Superior whitefish, whiting, and shad. It averages about 2 kg (4.5 pounds) in weight.

4. Ciscoes, or lake herring, Leucichthys (in some classifications, Coregonus) artedi, are herringlike food and sport fishes. They live in large schools and grow to a weight of about 1 kg (2.2 pounds). Some other species are called bloater and chub.

The round whitefishes (Prosopium) are the best sport fishes of the family. The Rocky Mountain whitefish (P. williamsoni) attains a weight of approximately 3 kg (6.6 pounds) and is often found in trout streams.

The inconnu, cony, or sheefish (Stenodus leucichthys), an oily-fleshed salmonid, is eaten in the far northwestern regions of North America.

5. Fish; Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries); Commercial Fishing: whitefish.

  • Latin: Coregonus sp.
  • Latin (former designation): Leucichthys sp.
  • Any of various food fishes … of the genus Coregonus that resemble the salmon and trout in having an adipose dorsal fin but have a smaller and nearly or quite toothless mouth and that inhabit clear lakes and streams of No. America, Europe, and Asia.
  • Family: Salmonidae.
  • whitefish: trade name recommended by the “Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales” and by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

S: 1. Etymonline – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=whitefish (last access: 14 September 2024). 2 to 4. EncBrit – https://www.britannica.com/animal/whitefish (last access: 14 September 2024). 5. TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=cor%C3%A9gone&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 14 September 2024).

SYN: lake herring, cisco, tullibee, lake tullibee. (depending on context)

S: TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=cor%C3%A9gone&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 14 September 2024)

CR: fish