Relating to or belonging to the family Gobiidae; characteristic of true goby fish.
From Latin 'gobius' (goby) plus the suffix '-id' meaning belonging to or characteristic of that group; a scientific taxonomic descriptor.
When scientists say 'gobiid,' they're specifically talking about true gobies in the family Gobiidae—there are so many goby-like fish that the precise term matters!
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