goatfish
noun
goat·fish
ˈgōt-ˌfish 
: any of a family (Mullidae) of medium-sized often brightly colored bony fishes having two long barbels under the chin, and elongate body, and two widely separated dorsal fins compare red mullet
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Maui is popular for both offshore trolling (blue and striped marlin, yellowfin tuna, wahoo, mahi mahi) and bottom fishing (snapper, amberjack, hogfish, goatfish and more).
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Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 4 May 2023
But the goatfish are more sophisticated still.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2011
The goatfish normally forage alone, using their whisker-like barbels to feel around for prey buried in sand.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2011
The cooperative hunts of the goatfish were one of these incidental observations.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2011
Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 4 May 2023
But the goatfish are more sophisticated still.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2011
The goatfish normally forage alone, using their whisker-like barbels to feel around for prey buried in sand.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2011
The cooperative hunts of the goatfish were one of these incidental observations.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2011
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goatfish
noun
goat·fish
ˈgōt-ˌfish
: any of a family of medium-sized often brightly colored fishes having two stringy feelers under the chin
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