Definitions for goatfishˈgoʊtˌfɪʃ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

goat•fishˈgoʊtˌfɪʃ(n.)(pl.)-fish•es; -fish.

  1. any tropical reef fish of the family Mullidae, with two barbels on the chin.

    Category: Ichthyology

Princeton's WordNet

  1. goatfish, red mullet, surmullet, Mullus surmuletus(noun)

    brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels

Wiktionary

  1. goatfish(Noun)

    Any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Mullidae, having two barbels on the chin.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Goatfish(noun)

    a fish of the genus Upeneus, inhabiting the Gulf of Mexico. It is allied to the surmullet


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