Osmeridae

eulachon

Thaleichthys pacificus

Thirty Four Centimeters Osmerid Fish

• Temperate
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Pacific Ocean
• North America
• Elongated
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Temperate fish

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.