black goby

noun

noun

Any of the species Gobius niger of ray-finned fishes, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean and Black Seas.

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.1808, Edward Donovan, The Natural History of British Fishes, volume 5:

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