goby
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- noun
- /ˈɡoʊbi/
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gobio
- The round goby is an invasive species that has affected many ecosystems in the Great Lakes.
- coral goby
- river goby
- goby species
Examples
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But it's all worth the trouble: in contrast to the return of spawning Pacific salmon to the stream of their birth, a goby's arrival brings not death from exhaustion, but a quiet adolescence and adult life.
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There you will see only one species of fish, a mottled brown goby that grows, on average, to about two and a half inches long.
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The thin and clear, or lightly pigmented, fry are the young of Hawai'i's three climbing goby species.
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Three of the others are also gobies, and the fifth is a close goby relative called a sleeper because of its sluggish behavior.
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Native fish were completely lacking from 20 sites, and at 22 other sites, only goby species were found, primarily at high elevations with downstream artificial barriers.
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Adult Sicyopterus stimpsoni, a goby the Hawaiians call 'o'opu nopili, approaches the top of a small cascade.
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Paragobiodon xanthosomus is an obligate coral-dwelling goby (Gobiidae) that resides in just one type of host coral, Seriatopora hystrix.
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The Australian coastal town of Cardwell is famous not only for tasty prawns and mud crabs but also for the dense bearded-goby population that inhabits the mudflat bordering the town.
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In tidal pools, you can often find a goby hiding among the rocks and sand.
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The colorful goby is known for its unique swimming patterns and ability to cling to surfaces.
Compounds
How Large-Mouthed
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word goby comes from an old Latin and French fish name gobius, used for a 'small fish that lives on the sea bottom'. That's why a goby today is a small fish that lives on the bottom and has a large head and special fins that act like a sucker to help it cling to rocks or sand.