| Common name | Broad whitefish |
| Language | English |
| Type | FAO |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 1 - (Legal common name (unique)) |
| Country | Global |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | FAO-FIES, 2023 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | color pattern(s) |
| 1st modifier | morphology |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'Broad' from Old English 'breadth, brede' from prehistoric Germanic 'braithaz' (p. 81 in Ref. 11979); '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). Also Ref. 1739, 56807, 75549, 83882, 87040, 90062, 93840, 95632, 101110, 115257, 118272, 122997, 124692. |