mullus auratus

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   body bright scarlet with 2 yellow to reddish strips on side

   Synonymsred goatfish

   Broadergoatfish

   Part ofMullus

Questions about mullus auratus

What does mullus auratus mean?

mullus auratus means "body bright scarlet with 2 yellow to reddish strips on side".

What is another word for mullus auratus?

Close synonyms include red goatfish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mullus auratus a common word?

mullus auratus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.