mullet

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

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