Priolepis Explained

Priolepis is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae with a cosmopolitan distribution.

Species

There are currently 35 recognized species in this genus:

• Priolepis agrena R. Winterbottom & M. E. Burridge, 1993 (Network reefgoby)
• Priolepis ailina R. Winterbottom & M. E. Burridge, 1993
• Priolepis aithiops R. Winterbottom & M. E. Burridge, 1992 (Drab reefgoby)
• Priolepis akihitoi Hoese & Larson, 2010 (Emperor reefgoby) ^[1]
• Priolepis anthioides (J. L. B. Smith, 1959)
• Priolepis ascensionis (C. E. Dawson & A. J. Edwards, 1987)
• Priolepis aureoviridis (Gosline, 1959) (Yellow-green reefgoby)
• Priolepis borea (Snyder, 1909)
• Priolepis cincta (Regan, 1908) (Girdled reefgoby)
• Priolepis compita R. Winterbottom, 1985 (Crossroads reefgoby)
• Priolepis cyanocephala Hoese & Larson, 2010 ^[1]
• Priolepis dawsoni D. W. Greenfield, 1989
• Priolepis eugenia (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903) (Noble reefgoby)
• Priolepis fallacincta R. Winterbottom & M. E. Burridge, 1992 (Eight-bar reefgoby)
• Priolepis farcimen (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903) (Farcimen reefgoby)
• Priolepis goldshmidtae Goren & Baranes, 1995
• Priolepis hipoliti (Metzelaar, 1922) (Rusty reefgoby)
• Priolepis inhaca (J. L. B. Smith, 1949) (Brick reefgoby)
• Priolepis kappa R. Winterbottom & M. E. Burridge, 1993 (Kappa reefgoby)
• Priolepis latifascima R. Winterbottom & M. E. Burridge, 1993
• Priolepis limbatosquamis (Gosline, 1959) (Rimmed-scaled reefgoby)
• Priolepis melanops Bogorodsky, T. Suzuki & A. O. Mal, 2016 (Black-faced reefgoby) ^[2]
• Priolepis nocturna (J. L. B. Smith, 1957) (Black-barred reefgoby)
• Priolepis nuchifasciata (Günther, 1873) (Orange reefgoby)
• Priolepis pallidicincta R. Winterbottom & M. E. Burridge, 1993 (Pale-barred reefgoby)
• Priolepis profunda (M. C. W. Weber, 1909) (Narrow-bar reefgoby)
• Priolepis psygmophilia R. Winterbottom & M. E. Burridge, 1993 (Latticed reefgoby)
• Priolepis randalli R. Winterbottom & M. E. Burridge, 1992 (Randall's reefgoby)
• Priolepis robinsi Garzón-Ferreira & Acero P, 1991
• Priolepis semidoliata (Valenciennes, 1837) (Half-barred reefgoby)
• Priolepis squamogena R. Winterbottom & M. E. Burridge, 1989 (Scaled-cheek reefgoby)
• Priolepis sticta R. Winterbottom & M. E. Burridge, 1992 (Dappled reefgoby)
• Priolepis triops R. Winterbottom & M. E. Burridge, 1993
• Priolepis vexilla R. Winterbottom & M. E. Burridge, 1993 (Ribbon reefgoby)
• Priolepis winterbottomi Nogawa & Endo, 2007

Notes and References

1. Hoese, D.F. & Larson, H.K. (2010): Description of two new species of the genus Priolepis from the Indo-Pacific with redescription of Priolepis profunda and Priolepis psygmophilia. Ichthyological Research, 57 (4): 373-388.
2. Bogorodsky, S.V., Suzuki, T. & Mal, A.O. (2016): Description of a new species of Priolepis (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from the Red Sea, a new record of Priolepis compita, and a distributional range extension of Trimma fishelsoni. Zootaxa, 4150 (2): 168–184.