Crossword clues for goatfish
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Goatfish \Goat"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A fish of the genus Upeneus, inhabiting the Gulf of Mexico. It is allied to the surmullet.
Wiktionary
n. Any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Mullidae, having two barbels on the chin.
WordNet
n. brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels [syn: red mullet, surmullet, Mullus surmuletus]
[also: goatfishes (pl)]
Wikipedia
The goatfishes are perciform fish of the family Mullidae. The family is also sometimes referred to as the red mullets, which also refers more narrowly to the genus Mullus.
The family name and the English common name "mullet" name are derived from Latin mullus, the red mullet; but other than the red mullet and the striped red mullet or surmullet, the English word mullet generally refers to a different family of fish, the Mugilidae or grey mullets.
Usage examples of "goatfish".
When he worked on a shipwreck, goatfish dug in the sand beside him, rays skittered across the bottom, and there was always the tiny danger that some nearsighted wrasse would take a bite from his earlobe.
Not only were there parrotfish, but yellowstrip goatfish as well, a treat.
They wore breech-cloths of goatfish leather, beaded with intricate designs: gray, blue, and dusty rose.
The monitor is now awash in underwater rainbows from the Great Barrier Reef along with an infinity of tiny corals, sponges, scorpion and lionfish, goatfish, clownfish, moray eels, and sea stars.