| Giant bully | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Eleotridae |
| Genus: | Gobiomorphus |
| Species: | G. gobioides |
| Binomial name | |
| Gobiomorphus gobioides (Valenciennes, 1837) |
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The giant bully, Gobiomorphus gobioides, is a sleeper of the genus Gobiomorphus, found in slow flowing streams within a few kilometres of the coast of the North and South Islands of New Zealand. Their length is up to 25 cm.
It is very similar to the common bully; they have seven spines in the first dorsal fin but giant bullies always have six.
The life cycle of giant bullies are thought to be amphidromous but it is not known for certain.