Priolepis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gobioidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Gobiaria Ordo: Gobiiformes Subordo: Gobioidei

Familia: Gobiidae
Subfamilia: Gobiinae
Genus: Priolepis
Species: P. agrena – P. ailina – P. aithiops – P. akihitoi – P. anthioides – P. ascensionis – P. aureoviridis – P. billbrooksi – P. boreus – P. cincta – P. compita – P. cyanocephala – P. dawsoni – P. eugenius – P. fallacincta – P. farcimen – P. goldshmidtae – P. hipoliti – P. inhaca – P. kappa – P. latifascima – P. limbatosquamis – P. melanops – P. nocturna – P. nuchifasciata – P. pallidicincta – P. profunda – P. psygmophilia – P. randalli – P. robinsi – P. semidoliata – P. squamogena – P. sticta – P. triops – P. vexilla – P. winterbottomi

Name

Priolepis Valenciennes (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837: 67

Type species: Priolepis mica ♀ Ehrenberg 1837. Type by subsequent monotypy. [Appeared as name in synonymy of Gobius, but used as a valid name before 1931 and therefore made available back to Valenciennes 1837 by Whitley 1959].

Synonyms

Cingulogobius Herre, 1927: 201
Cremornea Whitley, 1962: 9
Pleurogobius Seale, 1910: 536
Quisquilius Jordan & Evermann, 1903: 203
Zonogobius Bleeker, 1874: 323

References

Cuvier, G. & A. Valenciennes 1837: Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. 12 : i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368.
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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4150.2.5. Reference page.
Dimara, R, , A. Fauzan, M. Lazuardi, D. Pada, H.R. Allen, M.V. Erdmannm C.L. Huffard, L.S. Katz & R. Winterbottom 2010: Pisces, Teleostei, Gobiidae, illustrated list of additions to the fauna of the Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia. Check List, 6 (4): 619–625.
Hoese, D.F., Bogorodsky, S.V. & Mal, A.O., 2015: Description of a new species of Trimma (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from the Red Sea, with a discussion of the generic separation of Trimma and Priolepis, with discussion of sensory papillae terminology. Zootaxa 4027(4): 538–550. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4027.4.4. Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Parenti, P. 2021. A checklist of the gobioid fishes of the world (Percomorpha: Gobiiformes). Iranian Journal of Ichthyology 8(Suppl. 1): 1–480. PDF Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Gobies