red mullet


noun

a goatfish or surmullet.

Origin of red mullet

First recorded in 1755–65

British Dictionary definitions for red mullet

red mullet

noun

any of the marine percoid fishes constituting the family Mullidae, esp Mullus surmuletus, a food fish of European waters. They have a pair of long barbels beneath the chin and a reddish coloration US name: goatfish