WHITING (FISH)

Many types of fish have been given the common name 'whiting'.

★ The fish originally known by that name in English is ''Merlangius merlangus'', in the family Gadidae. In the USA it is known as the English whiting.^[1]

★ In the USA, the name whiting on its own is often used for various species of hake, genus ''Merluccius''.

★ In Canada, it is used for the Alaskan pollock ''Theragra chalcogramma''. These are all members of the order Gadiformes.

★ In India and Australia, the name whiting (though usually with an adjective before it) is used for various species of the genus ''Sillago'', in the smelt-whiting family Sillaginidae, which is classified within the order Perciformes.

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External links

★ Fishbase.org entry for ''Merlangius merlangus''

★ Distribution map and more