Traits: Fish that has circular grooves on gill covers; narrow body, forked tail; animal

Habitat: Adults live at sea but return to fresh water streams with sandy gravel bottoms to spawn. The fry are swept out to sea and live in estuaries and near-shore waters.

Foods: Copepods, phytoplankton, mysid shrimp, barnacle larvae, water fleas, worm larvae

Eaten by: Salmon, seals, sea lions, beluga whales, humans

Do You Know? Eulachon is an oily fish, also known as the "candlefish" because of its traditional use as a candle when dried and fitted with a wick.