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mullet

DEFINITIONS OF: mullet

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n freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide

Synonyms:
gray mullet, grey mullet
Types:
Mugil cephalus, striped mullet
most important commercial mullet in eastern United States
Mugil curema, white mullet
silvery mullet of Atlantic and Pacific coasts
Mugil liza, liza
similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region
Type of:
percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes

n bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin

Types:
Mullus surmuletus, goatfish, red mullet, surmullet
brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels
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:
bottom-dweller, bottom-feeder
a fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of water
percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes

n highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet

Synonyms:
gray mullet, grey mullet
Type of:
fish
the flesh of fish used as food
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