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Forktail
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Fork´tail`
n.1.(Zool.) One of several Asiatic and East Indian passerine birds, belonging to Enucurus, and allied genera. The tail is deeply forked.


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Last week's temperatures at Anacapa Island were 58 to 59; that's considered marginal for these sleek swimmers in the jack family, alternatively called mossbacks - for the greenish hue on their topsides - and forktails - for, you guessed it, their distinctive tails.
Sea lions had been spotted by people fishing for yellowtail on live squid in 185 feet of water, but when a brown shadow began chasing a pair of forktails hooked up in the 30-pound range, those on the deck began to question the pursuer.
That total may have been eclipsed by last year's bumper crop of forktails, though confirmation was not immediately available.
 
 
 
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