black goby

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a black goby (Gobius niger)

Noun

black goby (plural black gobies or black goby)

  1. Any of the species Gobius niger of ray-finned fishes, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
    • 1808, Edward Donovan, The Natural History of British Fishes‎, volume 5:
      The Black Goby seldom exceeds the length of five or six inches; it is of the voracious kind, preying on smaller fishes and aquatic insects.

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