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goby

DEFINITIONS OF: goby

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n small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker

Synonyms:
gudgeon
Types:
mudskipper, mudspringer
found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins
Type of:
percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
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