yellowfin

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yellowfin

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noun yellowfin · yellowfins

Any of various fish with yellow fins. “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.
especially, yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares, in family Scombridae)
yellowfin bream, any of several species in family Sparidae
yellowfin croaker (Umbrina roncador, in family Sciaenidae)
yellowfin cutthroat trout (†Oncorhynchus clarkii macdonaldi, in the family Salmonidae)
yellowfin fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus flavidorsalis, in family Labridae)
yellowfin grouper (Mycteroperca venenosa, in family Serranidae)
yellowfin madtom (Noturus flavipinnis, in family Ictaluridae)
yellow-fin perchlet (Ambassis elongatus, in family Ambassidae)
yellowfin pike (Dinolestes lewini, in family Dinolestidae)
yellowfin sea bream, any of several species in family Sparidae
yellowfin sole (Limanda aspera)
yellowfin surgeon (Acanthurus xanthopterus, in family Acanthuridae)
yellowfin whiting (Sillago schomburgkii, in family Sillaginidae)

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@misc{yellowfin_2026,
  title = {yellowfin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yellowfin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}