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rudderfish

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rud·der·fish  (rdr-fsh)
n. pl. rudderfish or rud·der·fish·es
Any of several oval-shaped schooling fishes of the family Kyphosidae, found in tropical parts of the Atlantic and often sighted swimming behind ships.
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Noun1.rudderfish - food and game fish around Bermuda and Floridarudderfish - food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida; often follow ships
Bermuda chub, Kyphosus sectatrix
sea chub - schooling fishes mostly of Indian and western Pacific oceans; two species in western Atlantic
genus Kyphosus, Kyphosus - type genus of the Kyphosidae
2.rudderfish - fish having the habit of following shipsrudderfish - fish having the habit of following ships; found in North American and South American coastal waters
banded rudderfish, Seriola zonata
jack - any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
genus Seriola, Seriola - a genus of Carangidae
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