black goby

English

a black goby (Gobius niger)

Noun

black goby (plural black gobies or black goby)

1. Any of the species Gobius niger of ray-finned fishes, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
   • 1808, Edward Donovan, The Natural History of British Fishes‎^[1], volume 5:

     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.

Synonyms

• sea gudgeon

Translations

fish

• Catalan: burro (ca) m
• Finnish: mustatokko
• Galician: baralloca f, lorcho m, maralloca (gl) f, mógaro (gl) m
• Swedish: svart smörbult c

References

• black goby on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gobius niger on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Gobius niger on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons