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GUDGEON (Gobio fluviatilis)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 668 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GUDGEON (Gobio fluviatilis) , a small See also:fish of the Cyprinid See also:family. It is nearly related to the See also:barbel, and has a small barbel or fleshy appendage .at each corner of the mouth. It is the gobione of See also:Italy, See also:goujon of See also:France (whence adapted in M. See also:English as gojon), and Grassling or Grundling of See also:Germany. Gudgeons thrive in streams and lakes, keeping to the bottom, and seldom exceeding 8 in. in length. In See also:China and See also:Japan there are varieties differing only slightly from the See also:common See also:European type.

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