Candlefish Facts
Wednesday 6 November 2013
The eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus), also oolichan, hooligan, ooligan, or candlefish, is a small anadromous ocean fish, a smelt found along the Pacific coast of North America from northern California to Alaska. The common names of this fish have a somewhat confusing relationship. The name "candlefish" derives from it being so fat during spawning, with up to 15% of total body weight in fat, that if caught, dried.
Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Actinopterygii, Order: Osmeriformes, Family: Osmeridae, Genus: Thaleichthys, Species: T. pacificus, Binomial name: Thaleichthys pacificus