Cavasina

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Yellowtail \Yel"low*tail`\, n. (Zool.)
     (a) 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}.


     (b) The mademoiselle, or silver perch.
     (c) The menhaden.
     (d) The runner, 12.
     (e) A California rockfish ({Sebastodes flavidus}).
     (f) The sailor's choice ({Diplodus rhomboides}).
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     Note: Several other fishes are also locally called
           yellowtail.
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