Kappa Reefgoby, Priolepis kappa Winterbottom & Burridge 1993


A Kappa Reefgoby, Priolepis kappa, in Bali, Indonesia. Source: John E. Randall / FishBase. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial


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Kappa Reefgoby, Priolepis kappa Winterbottom & Burridge 1993

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Distribution

Northern Great Barrier Reef, and reefs in the Coral Sea, to One Tree Island, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Indo-west Pacific (east to Fiji).
Inhabits reef crevices on shallow reef tops with sandy or silty bottoms, back reef slopes, tidal reef flats, mixed rubble, and patch reefs.

Biology

Species of the genus Priolepis form monogamous pairs, and are capable of bidirectional sex change. In laboratory experiments with female-female pairs, the larger individual changed sex to male, and in male-male pairs, the smaller changed to female. The gonads of these species simultaneously formed ovarian and testicular portions with an accessory gonadal structure (Manabe et al. 2013). 

Species Citation

Priolepis kappa Winterbottom & Burridge 1993, Canadian Journal of Zoology 71: 501, figs 9-11. Type locality: Off Al Almal Hotel, just east of Matsumudu, near Missiri, 12°09'30"S, 44°24'00"E, Anjouan Island, Comoro Islands, depth 0-10 m.

Author

Bray, D.J. 2021

Resources

Atlas of Living Australia

Kappa Reefgoby, Priolepis kappa Winterbottom & Burridge 1993

References


Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. 

Larson, H. 2016. Priolepis kappa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T193156A2201963. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T193156A2201963.en. Downloaded on 09 March 2021.

Larson, H.K. & Murdy, E.O. 2001. Eleotridae, Gobiidae. pp. 3574-3604 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218.

Manabe H, Toyoda K., Nagamoto K., Dewa S.I., Sakurai M., Hagiwara K., Shinomiya A. & Sunobe T. 2013. Bidirectional sex change in seven species of Priolepis (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae). Bulletin of Marine Science 89(2): 635-642. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2012.1050

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp. 

Winterbottom, R. & Burridge, M. 1993. Revision of the species of Priolepis possessing a reduced transverse pattern of cheek papillae and no predorsal scales (Teleostei; Gobiidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 71: 494-514 figs 1-24 https://doi.org/10.1139/z93-071

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37428377

Biology:Hermaphrodite

Conservation:IUCN Least Concern

Depth:1-19 m

Habitat:Reef associated

Max Size:2.6 cm SL

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