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Priolepis cincta

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Species of fish

Priolepis cincta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Priolepis
Species: P. cincta
Binomial name
Priolepis cincta
(Regan, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Gobiomorphus cinctus Regan, 1908
  • Quisquilius cinctus (Regan, 1908)
  • Amblygobius naraharae Snyder, 1908
  • Priolepis naraharae (Snyder, 1908)
  • Zonogobius naraharae (Snyder, 1908)
  • Pleurogobius boulengeri Seale, 1910
  • Cingulogobius boulengeri (Seale, 1910)

Priolepis cincta, commonly known as the girdled goby, is a species of goby fish described by Regan in 1908.

Distribution

Its distributional range extends from the Red Sea to Tonga, then from Japan to the Great Barrier Reef. It can be found in brackish water and salt water, with a depth range of 1 – 70 metres (3 ft - 229 ft), although it is usually seen at depths of 1 – 30 metres (3 ft - 98 ft).

Behaviour

The fish is a benthic spawner. They tend to hide in caves and crevices, and can also be found in corals. It is a monogamous fish and are an average length of 7 centimetres. The species is used in aquarium commercial use by humans.

Etymology

The name Priolepis is combined from two words from the Greek Language: prio is translated as "to saw" while lepis means "scale". cincta derives from the Latin word cinctum which can translate to either a girdle or bird, which is in reference to its colour pattern.

References

  1. ^ "Priolepis cincta (Regan, 1908)". FishBase - Academia Sinica. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  2. Winterbottom, Richard; Burridge, Mary (October 1993). "Revision of Indo-Pacific species possessing a reduced transverse pattern of cheek papillae, and predorsal scales (Teleostei; Gobiidae)". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 71 (10): 2056–2076. doi:10.1139/z93-291.
  3. John E. Randall; Gerald R. Allen; Roger C. Steene (1997). Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea (Rev. and expanded ed.). Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 506. ISBN 978-0824818951.
  4. Kuiter, Rudie H. (1993). Coastal fishes of south-eastern Australia. Honolulu: Univ. of Hawaii Press u.a. p. 437. ISBN 978-0824815233.
  5. Myers, Ewald Lieske ; Robert (1996). Coral reef fishes : Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean ; including the Red Sea (1. ed., repr. with corr. ed.). London : HarperCollins. p. 400. ISBN 978-0002199742.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. Whiteman, EA; Côte, IM (May 2004). "Monogamy in marine fishes". Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 79 (2): 351–75. doi:10.1017/s1464793103006304. PMID 15191228. S2CID 22149575.
  7. Kulbicki, M.; Mou Tham, G.; Thollot, P.; Wantiez, L. (1993). "Length-weight relationships of fish from the lagoon of New Caledonia" (PDF). Naga, the ICLARM Quarterly. 16 (2–3): 26–30. ISSN 0116-290X. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
Taxon identifiers
Priolepis cincta


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