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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Yel·low·tail n. Zool. (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).
 Note: ☞ Several other fishes are also locally called yellowtail.
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