Whiting
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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- A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting .
- Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus: in family Gadidae: Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including hakes (genus Merluccius), especially Merluccius bilinearis (silver hake). Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus, syn. Theragra chalcogramma). A blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), a marine fish of the Northern Hemisphere. A southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis), a marine fish of the Southern Hemisphere. in family Sillaginidae, smelt-whitings, inhabiting Indo-Pacific marine coasts, many species of which are commercially important whitefish. in family Sciaenidae, Menticirrhus americanus (Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, and southern kingfish) found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
- in family Gadidae: Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including hakes (genus Merluccius), especially Merluccius bilinearis (silver hake). Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus, syn. Theragra chalcogramma). A blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), a marine fish of the Northern Hemisphere. A southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis), a marine fish of the Southern Hemisphere.
- Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including hakes (genus Merluccius), especially Merluccius bilinearis (silver hake).
- Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus, syn. Theragra chalcogramma).
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