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candle fish

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candle fish

Bony fish closely allied to the smelt. It lives off the Pacific coast of North America. At spawning time, its flesh contains so much oil that it can be dried and burned as a candle.

Classification

Candle fish are in genus Thaleichthys in the order Salmoniformes, class Osteichthyes.



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