| Common name | Candlefish |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Canada |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | inanimate object |
| 1st modifier | |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | Named so because when dried it retains enough oil in its body to be burned like a candle (Ref. 2850, 4925, 6850, 6885). Prior to the availability of wax candles and inexpensive oil lamps in the coastal region, light was obtained by forcing a rush or cloth wick down into an eulachon through the mouth. This wick was then lit like that of a candle (Ref. 1998). Also Ref. 6885, 33291. |