Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rudderfish
2 senses of rudderfish
Sense 1
Bermuda chub, rudderfish, Kyphosus sectatrix -- (food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida; often follow ships)
=> sea chub -- (schooling fishes mostly of Indian and western Pacific oceans; two species in western Atlantic)
Sense 2
rudderfish, banded rudderfish, Seriola zonata -- (fish having the habit of following ships; found in North American and South American coastal waters)
=> jack -- (any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas)