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Class: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae Gobies
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Priolepis

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Priolepis agrena Network reefgoby Western Central Pacific 2.5 SL 1993
Priolepis ailina Eastern Central Pacific 1.7 SL 1993
Priolepis aithiops Drab reefgoby Western Central Pacific 2.3 SL 1992
Priolepis akihitoi Emperor reefgoby East Indo-West Pacific 5.3 SL 2010
Priolepis anthioides Western Indian Ocean 3.0 SL 1959
Priolepis ascensionis Southeast Atlantic 1987
Priolepis aureoviridis Yellow-green goby Western Central Pacific 6.4 TL 1959
Priolepis billbrooksi Citron mudgoby Western Pacific 2.3 SL 2018
Priolepis boreus Northwest Pacific 2.4 SL 1909
Priolepis cincta Banded reef goby Indo-West Pacific 7 FL 1908
Priolepis compita Crossroads goby Indo-West Pacific 2.5 TL 1985
Priolepis cyanocephala Southwestern Pacific 3.2 SL 2010
Priolepis dawsoni Western Atlantic 2.6 SL 1989
Priolepis eugenius Noble goby Eastern Central Pacific 5.6 SL 1903
Priolepis fallacincta Eightbar reefgoby Western Pacific 3.2 TL 1992
Priolepis farcimen Farcimen goby Pacific Ocean 1.9 SL 1903
Priolepis goldshmidtae Western Indian Ocean 31.8 SL 1995
Priolepis hipoliti Rusty goby Western Atlantic 4.6 TL 1922
Priolepis inhaca Brick goby Indo-Pacific 4 TL 1949
Priolepis kappa Kappa reefgoby Indo-West Pacific 2.6 SL 1993
Priolepis latifascima Northwest Pacific 2.1 SL 1993
Priolepis limbatosquamis Rimmed-scaled goby Eastern Central Pacific 2.2 SL 1959
Priolepis nocturna Blackbarred reefgoby Indo-Pacific 3.9 SL 1957
Priolepis nuchifasciata Orange reef-goby Western Pacific 4 TL 1873
Priolepis pallidicincta Palebarred goby Western Pacific 2.8 SL 1993
Priolepis profunda Narrowbar reefgoby Indo-West Pacific 3.4 SL 1909
Priolepis psygmophilia Latticed goby Pacific Ocean 4.7 NG 1993
Priolepis randalli Randall's goby Western Indian Ocean 5.1 TL 1992
Priolepis robinsi Western Atlantic 1991
Priolepis semidoliata Half-barred goby Indo-Pacific 2.4 SL 1837
Priolepis squamogena Scaledcheek goby Pacific 5.4 NG 1989
Priolepis sticta Dappled reefgoby Western Central Pacific 2.3 SL 1992
Priolepis triops Pacific Ocean 1993
Priolepis vexilla Ribbon reefgoby Western Central Pacific 1.9 SL 1993
Priolepis winterbottomi Northwest Pacific 3.2 SL 2007



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013