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Noun: rudderfish  'rú-du(r),fish
  1. Food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida; often follow ships
    - Bermuda chub, Kyphosus sectatrix
     
  2. Fish having the habit of following ships; found in North American and South American coastal waters
    - banded rudderfish, Seriola zonata

Derived forms: rudderfishes

Type of: jack, sea chub

Part of: genus Kyphosus, genus Seriola, Kyphosus, Seriola

Encyclopedia: Rudderfish