whitefishes

white*fish

noun

{bc}any of various freshwater salmonid food fishes (especially of genera {it}Coregonus{/it} and {it}Prosopium{/it}) that resemble the salmon and trout in having an adipose dorsal fin but have a smaller, often toothless mouth and that inhabit cold lakes and streams of the northern hemisphere {dx}see {dxt|cisco||}{/dx}