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Etymology: Priolepis: Greek, prio = to saw + Greek,lepis = scale (Ref. 45335); ailina: Name from the Greek ailinos for mournful or plaintive, alluding to the rather lugubrious expression imparted to this little fish by the dark stripe below eye; noun in apposition.
More on authors: Winterbottom & Burridge.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; non-migratory; depth range 3 - 31 m (Ref. 9018), usually 20 - 25 m (Ref. 9018). Tropical
Eastern Central Pacific: known only from French Polynesia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 1.7 cm SL (female)
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8. This species is distinguished by the following characters: no fraenum, a high pectoral fin count of 19, a fifth pelvic ray that is 50% the length of the fourth and that branches only once, head bars very vague and difficult to discern, with the postocular bar joining the opercular bar, and a dark, pupil-diameter-width stripe from the eye to the corner of the mouth (Ref. 9018).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Most specimens taken on the reef slope where coral rubble plentiful (Ref. 9018).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Winterbottom, R. and M. Burridge, 1993. Revision of the species of Priolepis possessing a reduced transverse pattern of cheek papillae and no predorsal scales (Teleostei; Gobiidae). Can. J. Zool. 71:494-514. (Ref. 9018)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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