RED GOATFISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red goatfish mean? 

• RED GOATFISH (noun)
  The noun RED GOATFISH has 1 sense:

1. body bright scarlet with 2 yellow to reddish strips on side

  Familiarity information: RED GOATFISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RED GOATFISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Body bright scarlet with 2 yellow to reddish strips on side

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Mullus auratus; red goatfish

Hypernyms ("red goatfish" is a kind of...):

goatfish; Mullus surmuletus; red mullet; surmullet (brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels)

Holonyms ("red goatfish" is a member of...):

genus Mullus; Mullus (type genus of the Mullidae: goatfishes)