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n. (Zool.) (a) Any one of several species of marine carangoid fishes of the genus Seriola; especially, the large California species (S. 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. (e) A California rockfish (f) The sailor's choice (Diplodus rhomboides). Several other fishes are also locally called yellowtail.