Priolepis

Priolepis
Priolepis hipoliti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Priolepis
Valenciennes, 1837
Type species
Priolepis mica
Ehrenberg, 1837
Synonyms

Cingulogobius Herre, 1927
Cremornea Whitley, 1962
Pleurogobius Seale, 1910
Quisquilius Jordan & Evermann, 1903
Zonogobius Bleeker, 1874

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

Species

There are currently 35 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. 1 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.
  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.
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