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Definition of Mullidae
1. Noun. Goatfishes or red mullets.
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Perciformes, Order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi
Member holonyms: Mullet, Genus Mullus, Mullus, Genus Mulloidichthys, Mulloidichthys
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mullidae
Literary usage of Mullidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1919)
"... two of the mullidae which feed by night and school about rocky cavernous places
by day, have each a red phase which they assume when they pass from the ..."
2. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1905)
"... teeth projecting curved forward; length, 13 inches. Tiao. Silvery, small; like
small salmonete (mullidae); a favorite food fish with flavor like smelt. ..."
3. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1919)
"... two of the mullidae which feed by night and school about rocky cavernous places
by day, have each a red phase which they assume when they pass from the ..."
4. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1905)
"... teeth projecting curved forward; length, 13 inches. Tiao. Silvery, small; like
small salmonete (mullidae); a favorite food fish with flavor like smelt. ..."
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