yellowtail flounder

American  

noun

1. a right-eyed flounder, Limanda ferruginea, inhabiting waters along the Atlantic coast of North America, having a yellowish tail fin and rusty-red spots on the body: once commercially important, now greatly reduced in number.

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Example Sentences

Black sea bass, scup, yellowtail flounder, mackerel, herring and monkfish, to name just a few species, have all moved to accommodate changing temperatures.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2016

When the yellowtail flounder was coming in flush with six-inch roe sacks intact, we would harvest them, pan roast them, serve them with a simple vinaigrette and get $8 a pop.

From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2011

He showed up the next day at my back door with a perfectly packed and iced crate of whole codfish, yellowtail flounder and skate wings.

From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2011