any herring-like salmonoid food fish of the genus Coregonus and family Coregonidae, typically of deep cold lakes of the N hemisphere, having large silvery scales and a small head
whitefish in American English
(ˈhwaɪtˌfɪʃ; ˈwaɪtˌfɪʃ)
nounWord forms: pluralˈwhiteˌfish or ˈwhiteˌfishes
1.
any of various white or silvery, edible freshwater trouts (genera Prosopium and Coregonus) found in cool lakes of the Northern Hemisphere
2.
any of various other similar fishes, as a tilefish (Caulolatilus princeps) of the Pacific