THE SMELTS AND THEIR KINDRED. Sit 
Other oily fishes related to the Oulachon occur along the coasts of 
Alaska as well as Kamchatka and in California, belonging to a peculiar 
genus named Hypomesus. The Californian fish (7. pretiosus) is called Surf- 
fish and the northern one (4. ofidus) Pond Smelt. ‘They spawn in the surf. 
Both are excellent for the table, and have been pronounced to be scarcely 
inferior to the Oulachon. 
POND SMELT. 
Other American species of the family are deep-sea forms of the genera 
Argentina (3 species) and Leuroglossus (1 species). 
CAPELIN. 
The Capelin (Afallotus villosus) is another species of great importance not 
only directly but indirectly, as the means of procuring other fishes. The 
name is generally spelled as above, and pronounced as if written Cape-lin. 
The form “ Caplin” and the pronunciation “‘ Kap-lin” are preferred by the 
Century Dictionary, but Capelin is given the first place in the great New 
English Dictionary. The name is a reminiscence of the early French pre- 
dominance in Newfoundland and is derived fromthe French Capelan. The 
