Priolepis cincta

Priolepis cincta, commonly known as the girdled goby, is a species of goby fish described by Regan in 1908.[1]

Priolepis cincta
Scientific classification
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)

Distribution

It's distributional range extends from the Red Sea to Tonga, then from Japan to the Great Barrier Reef.[2] 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).[3][4]

Behaviour

The fish is a benthic spawner.[1] They tend to hide in caves and crevices, and can also be found in corals.[5] It is a Monogamous fish and are an average length of 7 centimetres.[6][7] The species is used in aquarium commercial use by humans.[1]

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.[1]

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 [u.a.]: HarperCollins. p. 400. ISBN 978-0002199742.
  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.


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