Arno goby
(Padogobius nigricans)

Image source: Riccardo Novaga | inaturalist.org

Classification

Species: Padogobius nigricans
Genus: Padogobius
Family: Gobiidae - Gobies
Order: Gobiiformes - Gobies
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

General data

Scientific names: Arno goby
Habitat: Freshwater
Climate: Subtropical
Native: Europe
Distribution: Arno, Tiber

Padogobius nigricans, the Arno goby, is a species of goby endemic to central Italy (Tevere, Arno and Ombrone drainages) on Tyrrhenian slope.

It occurs in streams, staying to well-vegetated edge areas

Males of this species reach a length of 12.5 centimetres (4.9 in) TL while the females only reach 7 centimetres (2.8 in) TL.

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