Usually means: Freshwater fish, often cold-water species.
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  3. whitefishes: Collins English Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (whitefish)

noun:  Any of many fish.
noun:  Any of several North American freshwater fish, of the genus Coregonus, used as food.
noun:  Any of several other fish, such as whiting (Merlangius merlangus) or menhaden (Brevoortia spp. and Ethmidium spp.).
noun:  (cooking, fishing) Any of several species of demersal fish with fins, particularly cod, whiting, and haddock, as opposed to the oily or pelagic fishes.
noun:  The beluga (both the sturgeon and the whale)
verb:  To fish for whitefish.
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