Priolepis

Priolepis
Priolepis hipoliti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Subfamily:	Gobiinae
Genus:	Priolepis Valenciennes, 1837
Type species
Priolepis mica Ehrenberg, 1837
Synonyms
CingulogobiusHerre, 1927 CremorneaWhitley, 1962 EgoRandall, 1994PleurogobiusSeale, 1910 QuisquiliusJordan & Evermann, 1903 ZonogobiusBleeker, 1874

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

Species

There are currently 39 recognized species in this genus: ^[1]

• 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) ^[2]
• Priolepis anthioides (J. L. B. Smith, 1959)
• Priolepis ascensionis (C. E. Dawson & A. J. Edwards, 1987) (Ascension Island saw-scaled goby)
• Priolepis aureoviridis (Gosline, 1959) (Yellow-green reefgoby)
• Priolepis billbrooksi Allen, Erdmann & Brooks, 2018 (Citron mudgoby)
• Priolepis boreus (Snyder, 1909)
• Priolepis cincta (Regan, 1908) (Girdled reefgoby)
• Priolepis compita R. Winterbottom, 1985 (Crossroads reefgoby)
• Priolepis cyanocephala Hoese & Larson, 2010 ^[2]
• Priolepis dawsoni D. W. Greenfield, 1989
• Priolepis duostella Koeda, Koido, Matsuno & Endo, 2021
• 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 formosa Chen, Chen & Harefa, 2024
• 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) ^[3]
• 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
• Priolepis zebra (Randall, 1994)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Priolepis". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 30 September 2025.
2. 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. doi:10.1007/s10228-010-0170-6.
3. 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. PMID   27515653.