candlefish
candlefish(复同单,或 -fishes)- a small edible marine fish with oily flesh, occurring on the west coast of North America
太平洋细齿鲑,蜡烛鱼。 亦称 eulachon
- Thaleichthys pacificus, family Osmeridae
拉丁名Thaleichthys pacificus,胡瓜鱼科
语源- so named because the Chinook Indians formerly burnt the oily bodies of these fish as candles
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