Of which family of fish is the whiting a member
Blue whiting Blue whiting The blue whiting, "Micromesistius poutassou", one of the two species in the genus "Micromesistius" in the cod family, is common in the northeast Atlantic Ocean from Morocco to Iceland and Spitsbergen. It also occurs in the northern parts of the Mediterranean, where it may be locally abundant. Blue whiting also occur in the northwest Atlantic Ocean between Canada and Greenland, but is considered rare. It has a long, narrow body and a silvery underbody. The fish can attain a length of more than 40 cm. The average length of blue whiting caught off the west shores of the
Gangetic whiting rarely making its way to overseas markets. Juvenile "Sillaginopsis panijus" are also occasionally traded as brackish water aquarium fish. Gangetic whiting The Gangetic whiting, "Sillaginopsis panijus" (also known as the flathead sillago), is a species of inshore marine and estuarine fish of the smelt-whiting family, Sillaginidae. It is the most distinctive Asian member of the family due to its flattened head and trailing dorsal fins. Although first described in 1822, it was not placed in its own genus until 1861 when Theodore Gill erected "Sillaginopsis", a genus which is still monotypic. Gangetic whiting are of minor commercial importance along the