† 1. A sea fish not identified; the μετάνουρος, melanurus, of ancient writers. Obs.
1661. Lovell, Hist. Anim. & Min., 232. Black-taile, Melanurus … Was counted a poore fish.
2. A name for certain varieties of the perch.
1734. Mortimer, in Phil. Trans., XXXVIII. 316. Perca marina, cauda nigra, the Black-Tail.
