goatfish

English

yellowfin goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis)

Wikispecies

Etymology

From goat +‎ fish.

Noun

goatfish (plural goatfishes or goatfish)

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

Hyponyms

• (fish in Mullidae): Mulloidichthys, Mullus, Parupeneus, Pseudupeneus, Upeneichthys, Upeneus - genera

Translations

fish of the family Mullidae

• Asturian: saramollete (ast), barbu (ast), roxu (ast)
• Basque: barbarin
• Catalan: moll (ca) m
• Finnish: mullo
• Galician: salmonete (gl) m, barbo (gl) m
• Italian: triglia (it) f
• Mokilese: oapil
• Russian: султа́нка (ru) f (sultánka), барабу́лька (ru) f (barabúlʹka)

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• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} барбун m (barbun)
• Greek: ^{(please verify)} μπαρμπούνι (el) n (barmpoúni)

  Ancient Greek: ^{(please verify)} τρίγλη f (tríglē)

• Maori: ^{(please verify)} āhuruhuru, ^{(please verify)} rarahi
• Tagalog: ^{(please verify)} amarilis