Candlefish, also called eulachon, species of smelt of the genus Thaleichthys (q.v.).
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Tsimshian…migrating salmon and eulachon (candlefish), a species of smelt. Eulachon were particularly valuable for their oil, which was made into a food highly regarded by many peoples of the area. Large permanent winter houses, made of wood and often carved and painted, symbolized the wealth of Tsimshian families; during…
Mallotus villosus), and eulachon, or candlefish ( Thaleich thys pacificus), a fish that at spawning time is so oily that it can be dried and burned as a candle.…