| Common name | Amur whitefish |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | Russian Federation |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Berg, L.S., 1962 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | color pattern(s) |
| 1st modifier | locality/area |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | '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); |