goatfish

English

Yellowfin goatfish, Mulloidichthys vanicolensis

Etymology

goat +‎ fish

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)
Catalan: moll (ca) m
Finnish: mullo
Greek: μπαρμπούνι (el) n (barmpoúni)

Italian: triglia (it) f
Maori: āhuruhuru, rarahi
Russian: султа́нка (ru) f (sultánka), барабу́лька (ru) f (barabúlʹka)
Tagalog: amarilis

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