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Priolepis cincta (Regan, 1908)

Banded reef goby
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Importance: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from Sulawesi, Flores, Komodo, and Moluccas (Ref. 10753). Also Ref. 47567.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Winterbottom, R. and M. Burridge, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Girdled goby, Girdled reefgoby, Convict goby, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Priolepis: Greek, prio = to saw + Greek,lepis = scale (Ref. 45335);  cincta: Name from Latin cinctum, a girdle or belt, presumably referring to the banded color pattern; treated as a noun in apposition by Winterbotton & Burridge, 1993:2063 (Ref. 10753).
  More on author: Regan.

Issue
Specific name to be examined, treated as a noun in apposition in Ref. 10753, but CofF treat the name as an adjective.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino; salobre asociado a arrecife; no migratorio; rango de profundidad 1 - 70 m (Ref. 2334), usually 1 - 30 m (Ref. 9002).   Tropical; 32°N - 24°S

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, Persian Gulf and east coast of Africa to islands of Micronesia, Fiji and Tonga; Japan to Coral Sea.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.0 cm FL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5525)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 7 - 8; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 11; Espinas anales: 1; Radios blandos anales: 9. Characterized by having alternating dark-edged brown and narrower white bars on head and body; dorsal and caudal fins with brown spotting; basal part of dorsal fins with dark spots/bands; longitudinal scale series 27-31; ctenoid scales on body except cycloid on abdomen, prepectoral and prepelvic areas; upper opercle with a patch of cycloid scales; cheek without scales; depth of body 3.8-4.6 in SL (Ref. 90102).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Hides in caves and crevices (Ref. 9710), also among corals or rock (Ref. 37816). Monogamous (Ref. 52884).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Benthic spawner (Ref. 31409). Bi-directional sex change was proposed for this species (Ref. 103751). Monogamous mating is observed as both obligate and social (Ref. 52884).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene, 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


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