Definition of Mullus auratus

1. Noun. Body bright scarlet with 2 yellow to reddish strips on side.

Exact synonyms: Red Goatfish
Group relationships: Genus Mullus, Mullus
Generic synonyms: Goatfish, Mullus Surmuletus, Red Mullet, Surmullet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mullus Auratus

Muller's fibres
Muller's fixative
Muller's law
Muller's manoeuvre
Muller's muscle
Muller's radial cells
Muller's sign
Muller's trigone
Mullidae
Mulloidichthys
Mulloidichthys martinicus
Mullus
Mullus auratus (current term)
Mullus surmuletus
Multan
MultiMediaCard
MultiMediaCards
Multi Input Gateway
Multi Input Gateways
Multicultural London English
Multikulti
Multilith
Multimedia Card
Multimedia Cards
Multitronic
Mulwi

Literary usage of Mullus auratus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"... Mullus auratus Jordan it Gilbert. Wood's Hole, Mass. Mullus surmuletus is a second European species, scarcely different from Mullus barbatus. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"The red mullet (Mullus auratus) was obtained, October 17th, from a fish pound near Clam Pond Cove. Although the species occurs occasionally as far north as ..."

3. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"The American species number 8 or 10 and belong to 3 genera, of which only one has a place in the state fauna, although another, Mullus auratus Jordan ..."

4. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"... Mullus auratus Jordan it Gilbert. Wood's Hole, Mass. Mullus surmuletus is a second European species, scarcely different from Mullus barbatus. ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"The red mullet (Mullus auratus) was obtained, October 17th, from a fish pound near Clam Pond Cove. Although the species occurs occasionally as far north as ..."

6. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"The American species number 8 or 10 and belong to 3 genera, of which only one has a place in the state fauna, although another, Mullus auratus Jordan ..."

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