Young gobies, typically a grey color, are eaten by fish native to the Great Lakes like Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush). Round Gobies are also a primary meal choice for Lake Erie water snakes ...
The Shortnose Cisco was once abundant on the Great Lakes, but overfishing and invasive species such as sea lamprey, zebra and quagga mussels, alewives and round gobies dwindled the fish's numbers ...