yellowtail, noun

Origin:
EnglishShow more Transferred use of general English yellowtail (designating similar fishes elsewhere).
Any of several species of kingfish (family Carangidae) having yellow colouring on the caudal fin: a. Seriola lalandi; albacore; half-cord. b. S. rivoliana. c. Alepes djedaba.
Note:
In Smith and Heemstra’s Smiths' Sea Fishes (1986), the name ‘giant yellowtail’ is used for S. lalandi, ‘longfin yellowtail’ for S. rivoliana, and ‘shrimp scad’ for A. djedaba.
1905 H.E.B. Brooking in E. London Dispatch 18 Sept. 2Cape salmon (elops saurus), shad (temnodon saltator), yellowtail (seriola lalandii), and such like fish.
1930 C.L. Biden Sea-Angling Fishes 69Local names: America — Yellowtail; Amberjack...South Africa — Albacore; Yellowtail.
1955 C. Horne Fisherman’s Eldorado 3Yellowtail are not only found in Cape Peninsula waters. They are widely dispersed along both south and east coasts, they are the amberfish of America, they are known to Australian and New Zealand anglers.
1970 Argus 30 Jan. 8Yellowtail suddenly became voracious around Cape Point.
1992 Yeld & Gubb in Afr. Wildlife Vol.46 No.2, 201They are entitled to take..white steenbras, yellowtail, [etc.].
1993 R. Van der Elst Guide to Common Sea Fishes 155Common names SA — Cape yellowtail. Elsewhere — southern yellowtail, yellowtail amberjack...The Cape yellowtail is a common, but seasonal, gamefish of great esteem.
Seriola lalandi; albacore; half-cord.
S. rivoliana.
Alepes djedaba.
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