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- noun Plural form of
goby .
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Examples
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Lee said he and Peggy have certain strategies to catching fish, but "gobies" are getting in their way.
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As a result, fish biologists believe trout are shifting their diet to more abundant forage sources, such as gobies and yellow perch.
unknown title 2009
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And so many other records could also fall into this category ... any fish from a reservoir, or caught in the Great Lakes since most predatory fish are now gorging themselves (I'm sure that brown was among them) on the invasive gobies which i know first hand are everywhere in Lake Michigan.
New Record Brown vs. New Record Rainbow: Apples and Oranges? 2009
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Zebra and quagga mussels, round gobies and noxious plants have colonized the Great Lakes before advancing to the Mississippi watershed through the CAWS where they continue a campaign of damage to water quality and infrastructure.
Henry Henderson: The Chicago River Is Broken Henry Henderson 2011
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There is also the threat of spreading non-native species like zebra mussels, gobies, etc.
Woman Fries And Eats Pet Goldfish After Fight With Ex-Husband 2009
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And so many other records could also fall into this category ... any fish from a reservoir, or caught in the Great Lakes since most predatory fish are now gorging themselves (I'm sure that brown was among them) on the invasive gobies which i know first hand are everywhere in Lake Michigan.
New Record Brown vs. New Record Rainbow: Apples and Oranges? 2009
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In fact, the electric fence that is supposed to protect Lake Michigan from the Asian carp menace was originally designed to stop round gobies from moving towards the Mississippi spoiler alert: it didn’t.
Henry Henderson: The Chicago River Is Broken Henry Henderson 2011
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In fact, the electric fence that is supposed to protect Lake Michigan from the Asian carp menace was originally designed to stop round gobies from moving towards the Mississippi spoiler alert: it didn’t.
Henry Henderson: The Chicago River Is Broken Henry Henderson 2011
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Zebra and quagga mussels, round gobies and noxious plants have colonized the Great Lakes before advancing to the Mississippi watershed through the CAWS where they continue a campaign of damage to water quality and infrastructure.
Henry Henderson: The Chicago River Is Broken Henry Henderson 2011
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I have since upgraded to a 72 gallon “bowfront” with small fish including: blennies, gobies, clownfish, firefish, and black molies that serve as “dither fish”.
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