| Common name | Whitefin |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | United States (contiguous states) |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Tomelleri, J.R. and M.E. Eberle, 1990 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | color pattern(s) |
| 1st modifier | |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'Whitefin', i.e.with white colored fins; 'white' from prehistoric German 'kwitaz' from Sanskrit 'sveta-', i.e., white, from Indo-European 'kwitnos, kwidnos' (p. 573 in Ref. 11979); 'fin' possibly from Latin 'pinna', i.e., feather, wing, or 'spina', i.e., thorn or spike (p. 227-228 in Ref. 11979). |