- whitefish - any market fish--edible saltwater fish or shellfish--except herring
--1 is a kind of seafood
- whitefish - flesh of salmon- or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere
--2 is a kind of freshwater fish
--2 is a part of whitefish
--2 has particulars: lake herring, cisco- whitefish - silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere
--3 is a kind of soft-finned fish, malacopterygian; food fish
--3 is a member of Coregonidae, family Coregonidae
--3 has part: whitefish
--3 has particulars:lake whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis; cisco, lake herring, Coregonus artedi; round whitefish, Menominee whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum; Rocky Mountain whitefish, Prosopium williamsonii - whitefish - flesh of salmon- or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere