goby

American  

[goh-bee] / ˈgoʊ bi /

noun

plural

goby,

plural

gobies

1. any small marine or freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae, often having the pelvic fins united to form a suctorial disk.

2. any fish of the closely related family Eleotridae, having the pelvic fins separate.

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goby British  

/ ˈɡəʊbɪ /

noun

1. any small spiny-finned fish of the family Gobiidae, of coastal or brackish waters, having a large head, an elongated tapering body, and the ventral fins modified as a sucker

2. any other gobioid fish

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Etymology

Origin of goby

1760–70; < Latin gōbius gudgeon (spelling variant of gōbiō or cōbius ) < Greek kōbiós

Example Sentences

“I was born a female, and then I changed to a male. We gobies do that from time to time.”

From Literature

Fish and Wildlife Service’s military conservation partner of the year for its efforts to support the recovery of several species, including the tidewater goby, coastal California gnatcatcher, the arroyo toad and southern California steelhead.

From Los Angeles Times

The Palisades fire that sparked Jan. 7 tore through the area, scorching all of the critical habitat for the gobies and an endangered population of steelhead trout that occupied the same watershed.

From Los Angeles Times

Another endangered fish, northern tidewater gobies, were rescued from the same watershed shortly before the steelhead were liberated.

From Los Angeles Times

Dagit, ringleader of the goby rescue, said habitat restoration is critical but insufficient on its own — for both the steelhead and gobies.

From Los Angeles Times