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eulachon
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eu·la·chon  (yl-kn)
n. pl. eulachon or eu·la·chons

[Chinook Jargon vlâkân.]

eulachon [ˈjuːləˌkɒn], eulachan
n pl -chons, -chon, -chans -chan
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for candlefish
[from Chinook Jargon ulâkân]


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Oolichan Oil Oolichan (smelt, Thaleichthys pacificus) oil is one of the most important foods of the Salish people.
Scientific name, Thaleichthys pacificus, is from the Greek thaleia, meaning rich, ichthys, meaning fish, and pacificus, meaning of the Pacific.
Another elasmobranch (Pacific sleeper shark, Somniosus pacificus), two osmerids (capelin, Mallotus villosus, and eulachon, Thaleichthys pacificus), three flatfish species (Dover sole, rex sole, and arrowtooth flounder), and one rockfish species (Pacific Ocean perch, Sebastes alutus) increased significantly in one or more areas and depth strata (Fig.
 
 
 
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