Halfbarred Reefgoby, Priolepis semidoliata (Valenciennes 1837)

Other Names: Barrel Goby, Girdled Goby, Half-barred Goby, Head-barred Goby, Redhead Goby

Summary:

A reefgoby with relatively wide pale bars from the snout to the pectoral-fin base, scales mostly restricted to the abdomen, and few if any scales anterior to the operculum.

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Bray, D.J. 2021, Priolepis semidoliata in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/149

Halfbarred Reefgoby, Priolepis semidoliata (Valenciennes 1837)

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Distribution	Shark Bay region to Rowley Shoals and offshore reefs of north Western Australia, Cartier Reef in the Timor Sea, the Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, and the northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, and reefs in the Coral Sea; also Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean, and Norfolk Island in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific. Inhabits caves and crevices on shallow seaward 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).
Etymology	The specific name semidoliata (semi =half and doliata =barreled) presumably refers the the pale bars on the head and nape that appear to encircle the anterior half of the body.
Species Citation	Gobius semidoliatus Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837, Histoire Naturelle des Poissons Vol. 12: 67. Type locality: Vanikoro Island, Santa Cruz Islands, southwestern Pacific.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2021
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Halfbarred Reefgoby, Priolepis semidoliata (Valenciennes 1837)

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