yellowtail

yel·low·tail  (yl-tl)

n.

1. Any of several large marine game fishes of the genus Seriola, having a yellow or yellowish tail, such as S. dorsalis, of coastal waters of southern California and Mexico.

2. Any of several other fishes having a yellowish tail, as the silver perch.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	yellowtail - superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail Ocyurus chrysurus, yellowtail snapper snapper - any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters genus Ocyurus, Ocyurus - snappers
	2.	yellowtail - game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin Seriola dorsalis jack - any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas genus Seriola, Seriola - a genus of Carangidae