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.

A California rockfish (Sebastodes flavidus).

The Yellowtail amberjack or Great amberjack, Seriola lalandi is a large fish found in the Pacific and Indian oceans. It can be divided into three sub-species: The California yellowtail, (Seriola lalandi dorsalis), The Southen yellowtail (Seriola lalandi lalandi), known in Australia and New Zealand as the Yellowtail kingfish is the largest, with an all-tackle mark of 114 pounds, 10 ounces. The smallest is the Asian yellowtail (Seriola lalandi aureovitta) at 61 pounds, 8 ounces.

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