yellowtail

noun

1. superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail

   noun.animal

   Synonyms ocyurus chrysurus yellowtail snapper

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin

   noun.animal

   Synonyms seriola dorsalis

   Source: WordNet 3.0

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

   noun

   Source: webster1913