yellowtail

(yelō tāl′)

noun pl. yellowtails or yellowtail

  1. ☆ any of a genus (Seriola) of large, marine, food and game jack fishes; esp., a species (S. lalandei) of the Pacific
  2. ☆ any of various other fishes having a yellowish tail, as the (Ocyurus chrysurus), the (Limanda ferruginea) of the W Atlantic, the (Sebastes flavidus) of the E Pacific, and the silver perch (sense )

See yellowtail in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Any of several large marine game fishes of the genus Seriola, having a yellow or yellowish tail, such as S. dorsalis, of coastal waters of southern California and Mexico.
  2. Any of several other fishes having a yellowish tail, as the silver perch.

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