Eulachons
Thaleichthys
The eulachon /ˈjuːləˌkɒn/ (Thaleichthys pacificus; also spelled oolichan /ˈuːlɪˌkɑːn/, ooligan /ˈuːlɪ.ɡən/, hooligan /ˈhuːlɪ.ɡən/), also called the candlefish, is a small anadromous ocean fish, a smelt found along the Pacific coast of North America from northern California to Alaska.
1 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 1 known species
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 92469.