goatfish n 1: brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels [syn: {goatfish}, {red mullet}, {surmullet}, {Mullus surmuletus}]
Goatfish \Goat"fish`\, n. (Zool.) A fish of the genus {Upeneus}, inhabiting the Gulf of Mexico. It is allied to the surmullet. [1913 Webster]