Found 2 items, similar to Seriola dorsalis.
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Definition: Seriola dorsalis
Seriola dorsalis
n : game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow
tail fin [syn:
yellowtail]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Seriola dorsalis
Yellowtail
\Yel"low*tail`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several species of marine carangoid fishes of
the genus
Seriola; especially, the large California
species (
Seriola 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).
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Note: Several other fishes are also locally called
yellowtail.
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