goby

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English

A Ratan goby (Ponticola ratan) from the Gulf of Odessa, Ukraine
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Etymology

From Latin gobius (“gudgeon”), from Ancient Greek κωβιός (kōbiós), a type of small fish, of unknown ultimate origin. See also gudgeon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡəʊbi/
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Noun

goby (plural goby or gobies)

  1. Any of various small fish from the large family Gobiidae, in which the pelvic fins are fused to form a disc-shaped sucker.
  2. A gudgeon of fish of the subfamily Gobioninae, such as Gobio gobio.
    • 1966, Oceanology, page 321:
      For acclimatization in the Barents Sea he recommends using the fish fauna of East Kamchatka and the Bering Sea, especially the Atka mackerel, the Goby Gobio gobio lepidolaemus (half scaled goby) and a species of flatfish, in the […]
    • 1980, Erik Carp, Directory of Wetlands of International Importance in the Western Palearctic, IUCN, →ISBN, page 70:
      Other fish species include Barbel Barbus barbus, Goby Gobio gobio, Minnow Phoxinus phoxinus, Dace Leuciscus leuciscus, Chub Leuciscus cephalus, Ide Leuciscus idus, Nase Chondrostona nasus, Burbot Lota lota, Pike Esox lucius […]
    • 1997, Journal of Ichthyology, page 463:
      [...] undermonth Chondrostoma nasus, bleak Alburnus alburnus, goby Gobio gobio, pine Esox lucius, perch Perca fluviatilis, ruffe Gymnocephalus cernuus, spiny loach Cobitis taenia, stone loach Nemacheilus barbatulus, sculpin Cottus gobio, and burbot Lota lota (Pavlov et al., 1981).

Derived terms

terms derived from goby

Translations

gudgeon — see gudgeon

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