| Lokale naam | Eastern whitefish |
| Taal | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Officiële handelsnaam | No |
| Rang | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Land | Canada |
| Lokaliteit | |
| Ref. | Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973 |
| Levensfase | juveniles and adults |
| Geslacht | females and males |
| Kern van de naam | color pattern(s) |
| eerste bijkomend naamsdeel | locality/area |
| tweede bijkomend naamsdeel | |
| Opmerkingen | 'whitefish', i.e., any of the various market fishes with white flesh that is not oily (p. 1345 in Ref. 11978); 'white', from Indo-European '*kwitnos' or '*kwidnos', formed from same base as Sanskrit 'sveta', i.e., white and Russian 'svet', i.e., light (p. 573, Ref. 11979); 'Eastern', i.e., of the east and may refer to fish coming from Eastern North America. |