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goatfish

DEFINITIONS OF: goatfish

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n brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels

Synonyms:
Mullus surmuletus, red mullet, surmullet
Types:
Mullus auratus, red goatfish
body bright scarlet with 2 yellow to reddish strips on side
Mulloidichthys martinicus, yellow goatfish
schooling goatfish; greyish with yellow stripe
Type of:
mullet
bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin
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