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Webster 1913 Edition

Goatfish

Goat′fishˊ

,

Noun.

(Zool.)

A fish of the genus

Upeneus

, inhabiting the Gulf of Mexico. It is allied to the surmullet.

Webster 1828 Edition

Goatfish

GOATFISH

,

Noun.

A fish of the Mediterranean.

Definition 2025

goatfish

goatfish

English

Yellowfin goatfish, Mulloidichthys vanicolensis

Noun

goatfish ‎(plural goatfishes or goatfish)

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

Hyponyms

(genera within Mullidae): Mulloidichthys, Mullus, Parupeneus, Pseudupeneus, Upeneichthys, Upeneus

Translations

Mullus barbatus

Bulgarian: барбун m ‎(barbun)
Greek: μπαρμπούνι (el) n ‎(barmpoúni)
Italian: triglia (it) f

Maori: āhuruhuru
Russian: султа́нка (ru) f ‎(sultánka), барабу́лька (ru) f ‎(barabúlʹka)
Tagalog: amarilis