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Definition of Gobiesox

1. Noun. Type genus of the Gobiesocidae.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gobiesox

Literary usage of Gobiesox

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1861)
"... gill-membranes united under the throat and not attached to the isthmus. Caribbean Sea. Western coasts of South America. 1. Gobiesox cephalus. ..."

2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"... with which, however, their membrane is sometimes continuous, but becomes narrower.(l) In others, the three fins are united. (2) In the Gobiesox, ..."

3. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections by Smithsonian Institution (1883)
"... lower jaw with incisors; posterior part of sucking-disk, without a free anterior margin Gobiesox, 397. ... Nat. ties Poiss. ii, 595, 1800: type Gobiesox ..."

4. A Check-list of the Fishes and Fishlike Vertebrates of North and Middle America by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1896)
"Gobiesox strumosus Cope. South Atlantic Coast, South Carolina to Florida. ... Gobiesox adustus Jordan & Gilbert. Pacific coast of Mexico at ..."

5. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1907)
"The vertebra; are 26, as in Gobiesox. The plate here given is from one of the type specimens. The name /J/vW«y, sea-urchin; >}-«! ..."

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