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 |
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