goatfish (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *goatfish*:
NOUN	animal	goatfish, red mullet, surmullet, Mullus surmuletus	brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels

English > *goatfish*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels.
Synonyms	red mullet, surmullet, Mullus surmuletus
Member of	Mullus, genus Mullus	type genus of the Mullidae
Narrower	red goatfish, Mullus auratus	body bright scarlet with 2 yellow to reddish strips on side
Narrower	yellow goatfish, Mulloidichthys martinicus	schooling goatfish
Broader	mullet	bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin
Spanish	cacho, salmonete
Catalan	moll, Mullus surmuletus, rogeret, roger

HyperDic: goatfish