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

On their honeymoon, they went to a southern point in San Diego to collect goby fish specimens.

From Scientific American • Oct. 5, 2023

“God bless the tidewater goby, but let’s be honest, you guys have the power — you need to allow this to go forward,” said Pamela Conley Ulich, a former mayor of Malibu.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2023

County’s Department of Beaches and Harbors confirmed that state Fish and Wildlife officials and the regional water board had directed the county to not disturb the tidewater goby.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2023

Inconveniently, the goby turned up well downstream of the Romeoville site just as the project started.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2023

Ripple was a type of fish called a goby.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown