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The young of the Japanese amberjack or yellowtail, which is fished and bred in Japan as a food fish.

Any of several large marine fishes of the genus Seriola having a yellowish tail, especially S. lalandi of subtropical waters worldwide, which is a popular game fish in coastal waters of southern California and Mexico.

Japanese amberjack, Pacific yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata).

Any of several other fishes having a yellowish tail, such as the yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea), the yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus), and the North American silver perch.

(in the names of certain organisms) Having a yellow tail.

Yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi).

A fish native to the northwest Pacific, often used in sushi, the Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata).

Any of various fish with yellow tails, including:

(Chloroscombrus chrysurus).

(Limanda ferruginea).

(Ocyurus chrysurus).

(Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus).

(Trachurus novaezelandiae).

A European moth (Euproctis similis)

The yellow-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus), a large cockatoo native to the south-east of Australia.

The yellow-tailed oriole (Icterus mesomelas), a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae.

The yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Oreonax flavicauda), a New World primate endemic to Peru.

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.

Superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail

Game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin