Whiting (fish)

A number of Actinopterygiian fish have been given the common name whiting.

Gadiformes (cod-like)

• The fish originally known by the name "whiting" in English is Merlangius merlangus, in the family Gadidae. This species inhabits the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, as well as the North Sea on the East Coast of Britain. In the USA, it is commonly known as the English whiting.^[1]
• In Canada, it is used for the Alaska pollock, Theragra chalcogramma.
• In the Southern Ocean, it is used for the southern blue whiting.
• In the USA, the name whiting on its own is often used for various species of hake in the genus Merluccius.

Sciaenidae

• Species Menticirrhus americanus (also known as the Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, and southern kingfish) found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.

Smelt-whitings

• In Australia, India, and throughout the Indo-Pacific, the name whiting is used for fish in the Sillaginidae family. (Well-known members include Japanese whiting, King George whiting, northern whiting, sand whiting, and school whiting.)

References

1. "Merlangius merlangus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 March 2006.