Category:Yellowtail

Yel"low*tail`, n. (zoöl.) (a) any one of several species of marine carangoid fishes of the Genus seriola; especially, the large california species (s. dorsalis) Which sometimes weighs thirty or forty pounds, and is highly esteemed As a food fish; -- called also cavasina, and white salmon. (b) the mademoiselle, or silver perch. (c) the menhaden. (d) the runner, 12. (e) a california rockfish (sebastodes flavidus). (f) the sailor's choice (diplodus rhomboides).

Note: several other fishes are also locally called yellowtail.