White fish is a fisheries term referring to several species of deep water
ocean fish--often
cod (
Gadus morhua),
whiting[?] (
Merluccius bilinearis[?]) and
haddock[?] (
Melanogrammus aeglefinus[?]) but also
hake (
Urophycis spp.[?]),
pollock, saithe (
Pollachius virens[?]), or others.
Sometimes eaten straight but often used reconstituted for fishsticks,
gefilte fish[?],
lutefisk, imitation
crabmeat, etc.
See also whitefish.