Definition of goatfish Goatfish

goat•fish

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Noun

Plural: goatfishes

goatfish - brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels
  red mullet, surmullet, Mullus surmuletus
  mullet bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin
  genus mullus, mullus type genus of the Mullidae: goatfishes
  mullus auratus, red goatfish body bright scarlet with 2 yellow to reddish strips on side
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  • goatfish (Noun)
    Any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family , having two barbels on the chin.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • goatfish (n.)
    A fish of the genus Upeneus, inhabiting the Gulf of Mexico. It is allied to the surmullet.

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  • goatfish, noun.

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