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Definition of Mullus surmuletus
1. Noun. Brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels.
Generic synonyms: Mullet
Group relationships: Genus Mullus, Mullus
Specialized synonyms: Mullus Auratus, Red Goatfish, Mulloidichthys Martinicus, Yellow Goatfish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mullus Surmuletus
Literary usage of Mullus surmuletus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of the Marine and Fresh Water Fishes of the British Islands by William Saville Kent (1883)
"RED MULLET (mullus surmuletus). pastimes of the barbaric Romans to hold banquets
for the express purpose of watching the changing colours of the Red Mullet ..."
2. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"mullus surmuletus is a second European species, scarcely different from Mullus
barbatus. Equally excellent as food and larger in size are two Polynesian ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"... mullus surmuletus.' As to the former, he avers (p. 271) that 'red mullet have
appeared, within the last few years, in the neighborhood of Boston, ..."
4. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1855)
"... (mullus surmuletus). These are the whole of the fish reckoned of the first
quality; and the tables at Nice exhibited very few of them. ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1841)
"... of these, mullus surmuletus is given on the authority of Dr. Patrick Browne's
Catalogue, published in 1774. ..."
6. Handbook of the Marine and Fresh Water Fishes of the British Islands by William Saville Kent (1883)
"RED MULLET (mullus surmuletus). pastimes of the barbaric Romans to hold banquets
for the express purpose of watching the changing colours of the Red Mullet ..."
7. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"mullus surmuletus is a second European species, scarcely different from Mullus
barbatus. Equally excellent as food and larger in size are two Polynesian ..."
8. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"... mullus surmuletus.' As to the former, he avers (p. 271) that 'red mullet have
appeared, within the last few years, in the neighborhood of Boston, ..."
9. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1855)
"... (mullus surmuletus). These are the whole of the fish reckoned of the first
quality; and the tables at Nice exhibited very few of them. ..."
10. Report of the Annual Meeting (1841)
"... of these, mullus surmuletus is given on the authority of Dr. Patrick Browne's
Catalogue, published in 1774. ..."
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