Goatfish
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For the mythological creature, see sea goat.
The goatfishes are fish of the family Mullidae, the only family in the order Mulliformes.[2] The family is also sometimes referred to as the red mullets, which also refers more narrowly to the genus Mullus.[3]
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Goatfish | |
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Yellowfin goatfish | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Superfamily: | Percoidea |
Family: | Mullidae Rafinesque, 1815[1] |
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The family name and the English common name mullet derived from Latin mullus, the red mullet; other than the red mullet and the striped red mullet or surmullet, the English word "mullet" generally refers to a different family of fish, the Mugilidae or gray mullets.[3]