goby en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɡəʊbi/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Latin gobius (“gudgeon”), from Ancient Greek κωβιός (kōbiós), a type of small fish, of unknown ultimate origin. See also gudgeon.
Meanings
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Any of various small fish from the large family Gobiidae, in which the pelvic fins are fused to form a disc-shaped sucker.
“It’s estimated that 10,000 yellowfin gobies died … as well as hundreds of striped bass and hundreds of sturgeon,” and the bloom probably is impacting all aquatic species in the area “to some degree,” Traverso said.
2022 September 3, Taylor Romine and Jason Hanna, “An algae bloom has killed thousands of fish in the San Francisco Bay Area”, in CNN:
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A gudgeon, a fish of the subfamily Gobioninae, such as a common gudgeon (Gobio gobio).
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[…]
1966, Oceanology, page 321:[...] 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).
1997, Journal of Ichthyology, page 463: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[…]
1980, Erik Carp, Directory of Wetlands of International Importance in the Western Palearctic, IUCN, →ISBN, page 70:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gobies | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| goby | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
streamgoby · dartgoby · sleeper-goby · gobylike · sailfin goby · dwarf goby · tiger goby · sleepy goby · marble goby · Stevcic's goby · coralgoby · marbled goby · common goby · mangrove goby · eel goby · gobyeel · naked goby · coral goby · river goby · Amur goby · shrimpgoby · glider goby · freshwater goby · fairygoby · glidergody · ghost goby · mudgoby · prawn goby · mud goby · sponge goby · burrowing goby · frill goby · frogface goby · oyster goby · silt goby · shrimp goby · reefgoby · reef goby · tadpole goby · true goby · ghostgoby · black goby · dart goby · dart-goby · pygmygoby · sand goby · dwarfgoby · dwarf goby · reef-goby · fringefin goby · atomgoby
Relateds
Translations (37)
bg попче (certain Gobiidae) · hu géb (certain Gobiidae) · ast escamón (certain Gobiidae) · ga snag (certain Gobiidae) · grc κωβιός (certain Gobiidae) · sh glavoč (certain Gobiidae) · tl bia (certain Gobiidae) · ja 沙魚 (certain Gobiidae) · ja 鯊 (certain Gobiidae) · hu góbi (certain Gobiidae) · et mudil (certain Gobiidae) · el κωβιός (certain Gobiidae) · sh главоч (certain Gobiidae) · it ghiozzo (certain Gobiidae) · kk бұзаубас балық (certain Gobiidae) · pt góbio (certain Gobiidae) · fi tokko (certain Gobiidae) · ca gòbid (certain Gobiidae) · ja ハゼ (certain Gobiidae) · ga mac siobháin (certain Gobiidae) · tr kaya balığı (certain Gobiidae) · tyz bú (certain Gobiidae) · ota قیا بالغی (certain Gobiidae) · fr gobie (certain Gobiidae) · tl biya (certain Gobiidae) · cmn 蝦虎魚 /虾虎鱼 (certain Gobiidae) · pl babka (certain Gobiidae) · ckt канаёԓгын (certain Gobiidae) · de Grundel (certain Gobiidae) · sei canaaajöa (certain Gobiidae) · ast pixapu (certain Gobiidae) · tyz pja bú (certain Gobiidae) · sei conaaajöa (certain Gobiidae) · ru бычо́к (certain Gobiidae) · vi cá bống (certain Gobiidae) · el γωβιός (certain Gobiidae) · ro guvid (certain Gobiidae)