yellowfin

English

Etymology

From yellow +‎ fin.

Noun

yellowfin (plural yellowfin or yellowfins)

  1. Any of various fish with yellow fins.
    • 2022 September 3, Taylor Romine and Jason Hanna, “An algae bloom has killed thousands of fish in the San Francisco Bay Area”, in CNN‎[1]:
      “It’s estimated that 10,000 yellowfin gobies died … as well as hundreds of striped bass and hundreds of sturgeon,” and the bloom probably is impacting all aquatic species in the area “to some degree,” Traverso said.
    1. especially, yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares, in family Scombridae)
    2. yellowfin bream, any of several species in family Sparidae
    3. yellowfin croaker (Umbrina roncador, in family Sciaenidae)
    4. yellowfin cutthroat trout (†Oncorhynchus clarkii macdonaldi, in the family Salmonidae)
    5. yellowfin fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus flavidorsalis, in family Labridae)
    6. yellowfin grouper (Mycteroperca venenosa, in family Serranidae)
    7. yellowfin madtom (Noturus flavipinnis, in family Ictaluridae)
    8. yellow-fin perchlet (Ambassis elongatus, in family Ambassidae)
    9. yellowfin pike (Dinolestes lewini, in family Dinolestidae)
    10. yellowfin sea bream, any of several species in family Sparidae
    11. yellowfin sole (Limanda aspera)
    12. yellowfin surgeon (Acanthurus xanthopterus, in family Acanthuridae)
    13. yellowfin whiting (Sillago schomburgkii, in family Sillaginidae)

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