Eulachon
| Eulachon | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osmeriformes |
| Family: | Osmeridae |
| Genus: | Thaleichthys Girard, 1858 |
| Species: | T. pacificus |
| Binomial name | |
| Thaleichthys pacificus (J. Richardson, 1836) | |
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The eulachon (/ˈjuːləkɒn/; 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.