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Skipjack vs Yellowfin - What's the difference?

skipjack | yellowfin |

As nouns the difference between skipjack and yellowfin

is that skipjack is any of several unrelated fish while yellowfin is any of various fish with yellow fins.

skipjack

English

(Skipjack tuna)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of several unrelated fish.
  • # Several of the genus resembling tuna.
  • # Katsuwonus pelamis .
  • # The
  • # The alewife
  • # The bonito
  • # The butterfish
  • # The
  • # The jurel
  • # The leatherjacket, leatherjack (genus )
  • # The runner.
  • # The saurel.
  • # The saury.
  • # The threadfish.
  • (obsolete) An upstart.
  • (Ford)
  • An elaterid; a click beetle.
  • A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
  • (Webster 1913)

    See also

    * skipjack tuna

    yellowfin

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any of various fish with yellow fins.
  • # (countable) , a yellowfin tuna, an individual member of that species.
  • # , a fish in the Sparidae family
  • # , a fish in the Sciaenidae family
  • # , a fish in the Salmonidae family
  • # , a fish in the Labridae family
  • # , a fish in the Serranidae family
  • # , a fish in the Ictaluridae family
  • # family
  • # family
  • # , a fish in the Sparidae family
  • # , a fish in the Acanthuridae family
  • # family