yellowtail

Any of several large marine fishes of the genus Seriola having a yellowish tail, especially S. lalandi of subtropical waters worldwide, which is a popular game fish in coastal waters of southern California and Mexico.

Any of several other fishes having a yellowish tail, such as the yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea), the yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus), and the North American silver perch.

A fish, Ocyurus chrysurus, belonging to the family Lutianidæ, and found from Florida to Brazil.

In Victoria and New South Wales, Trachurus declivis, a species slightly different from the horse-mackerel of Europe.

An earthworm yellow about the tail.

One of various fishes.

Yellow-tailed.

Any one of several species of marine carangoid fishes of the genus Seriola; especially, the large California species (Seriola dorsalis) which sometimes weighs thirty or forty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish; — called also cavasina, and white salmon.

The mademoiselle, or silver perch.

The menhaden.