rudderfish

Definitions of rudderfish
  1. noun
    food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida; often follow ships
    synonyms: Bermuda chub, Kyphosus sectatrix
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    type of:
    sea chub
    schooling fishes mostly of Indian and western Pacific oceans; two species in western Atlantic
  2. noun
    fish having the habit of following ships; found in North American and South American coastal waters
    synonyms: Seriola zonata, banded rudderfish
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    type of:
    jack
    any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
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