| a goatfish or surmullet. |
[goht-fish] 
) -fish. | any tropical and subtropical marine fish of the family Mullidae, having a pair of long barbels below the mouth. |
| goat·fish (gōt'fĭsh') n. pl. goatfish or goat·fish·es Any of various brightly colored fishes of the family Mullidae of warm seas, having two sensory barbels on the chin. Also called red mullet, surmullet. |
| red mullet n. See goatfish. |