''Padogobius bonelli'', the Padanian goby, is a species of true

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from the

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native to rivers of

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, and

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, where it is usually found in areas with gravel substrates or along the edges of dense vegetation. Males of this species can reach a length of TL while females only reach TL. This species'

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(1784-1830), who had originally described it as ''Gobius fluviatilis'' without realizing that this name was already being used for a different goby species, the monkey goby, which had been described by

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in 1814.

References

Padogobius Fish described in 1846 Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Habitats Directive species {{Gobiidae-stub