eulachon
noun
eu·la·chon ˈyü-lə-ˌkän 
-li-kən
plural eulachon or eulachons
: candlefish
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Lomeli added that the lights have also proven effective at reducing bycatch of eulachon (Pacific smelt) and juvenile rockfish and flatfish in the shrimp trawl fishery off Oregon. 
Lynne Curry, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Dec. 2021 Belugas in their home waters will aggregate in large groups to take advantage of prey, such as eulachon or salmon staging at the mouth of a river. Lynda V. Mapes, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Oct. 2021 Sea trials showed that bycatch of eulachon was reduced by over 90% by weight, juvenile rockfish takes dropped by 78%, flatfish bycatch was reduced by nearly 70% and the loss of targeted shrimp was statistically non-significant at 0.7%. Anchorage Daily News, 16 Aug. 2021 Eulachon also showed up in the estuary for the first time in a long time, and in abundance. National Geographic, 2 June 2016
Lynne Curry, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Dec. 2021 Belugas in their home waters will aggregate in large groups to take advantage of prey, such as eulachon or salmon staging at the mouth of a river. Lynda V. Mapes, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Oct. 2021 Sea trials showed that bycatch of eulachon was reduced by over 90% by weight, juvenile rockfish takes dropped by 78%, flatfish bycatch was reduced by nearly 70% and the loss of targeted shrimp was statistically non-significant at 0.7%. Anchorage Daily News, 16 Aug. 2021 Eulachon also showed up in the estuary for the first time in a long time, and in abundance. National Geographic, 2 June 2016 Word History
Etymology
Chinook Jargon ulâkân, probably from Lower Chinook u-ƛalχʷə́n
First Known Use
1807, in the meaning defined above