Thaleichthys pacificus

Also known as candlefish, ulicon, oolakan, ooligan, ouregon, oolichan, olachen

The eulachon (; Thaleichthys pacificus), or the candlefish, is a small anadromous species of smelt that spawns in some of the major river systems along the Pacific coast of North America from northern California to Alaska.

In the Vinony graph

Vinony's link graph records 101 inbound references to Thaleichthys pacificus, and connects out to fin, fish migration and United Kingdom.

It is catalogued under topics including ESA threatened species, First Nations culture in Canada and Fish described in 1836.

Vinony links it to 20 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Least Concern

eulachon

Species

PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderOsmeriformes
FamilyOsmeridae

Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

via IUCN

Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Image: "Candlefish" or ooligan (Thaleichthys pacificus) here first ever documentation of this species by artist and explorer William Clark - Clark Family Collection- Volume 2. Voorhis Journal No. 2, page 60, February 25, 1806 (cropped).jpg

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