''Gobius roulei'', Roule's goby, is a species of

goby The Gobioidei are a suborder of percomorph fish. Many of these fishes are called gobies. It is by far the largest and most diverse order within the order Gobiiformes, and one of the most diverse groups of ray-finned fish in general. The subord ...

native to the eastern

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and the

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where it can be found at depths of from . This species can reach a length of TL. The

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honours the French

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Louis Roule Louis Roule (; 20 December 1861 – 30 July 1942) was a French zoologist born in Marseille. In 1881 he obtained a degree in natural sciences at Marseille, followed by his doctorate of sciences (1884) at Paris with a thesis on ascidians of coasta ...

(1861-1942) who was the collector of the

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References

Roule's goby Fauna of Portugal Fauna of the Balearic Islands Fish of the Adriatic Sea Fish of the Mediterranean Sea Taxa named by Fernando de Buen y Lozano Fish described in 1928 {{Gobiidae-stub