Smelt, Thaleichthys pacificus. Hunn 1990:316 They show up in January. watx̣ɨ́n áw ipyútšamš wɨłx̣ɨ́na ‘are the smelt showing up now?’. [NW tkʷalá ‘trout, smelt’ (Jacobs 1931:169, 233).]
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