hairtail

British  

/ ˈhɛəˌteɪl /

noun

1. Usual US name: cutlass fish.  any marine spiny-finned fish of the family Trichiuridae, most common in warm seas, having a long whiplike scaleless body and long sharp teeth

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Example Sentences

A few years ago, Mr Kim began to notice that the popular silvery hairtail fish he relied on were disappearing from local waters, and his earnings plunged by half.

From BBC

Around the same time, the General Administration of Customs immediately suspended the import of citrus fruit, along with frozen horse mackerel and chilled white striped hairtail.

From New York Times

The fishing boat departed from the mainland port of Tongyeong on Nov. 8 to catch hairtail and had planned to return to the port on Monday.

From Washington Times

The area produced five million tons of seafood of up to four dozen species for China alone last year, according to Greenpeace, including crab, squid, yellow croaker, mackerel and a local favorite, hairtail.

From New York Times

The area produced 5 million tons of seafood of up to four dozen species for China alone last year, according to Greenpeace, including crab, squid, yellow croaker, mackerel and a local favorite, hairtail.

From Seattle Times