cinctus, Gobiomorphus Regan [C. T.] 1908:240 [The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series. Zoology v. 12 (pt 3); ref. 3634] Salomon Atoll, Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean [ca. 5°20'S 72°16'E]. Syntypes: BMNH 1908.3.23.217-218 (2). Priolepis is feminine; cincta is the correct ending when in Priolepis. •Valid as Quisquilius cinctus (Regan 1908) -- (Goren 1979:50 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:250 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Priolepis cincta (Regan 1908) [sometimes seen as cinctus] -- (Larson & Hoese 1980:41 [ref. 2725], Hoese 1986:801 [ref. 5670], Allen & Swainston 1988:136 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:407 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:353 [ref. 23929], Randall & Goren 1993:19 [ref. 21131], Winterbottom & Burridge 1993:2061 [ref. 21406], Randall et al. 1994:249 [ref. 21645], Goren & Dor 1994:66 [ref. 25356], Goren & Baranes 1995:346 [ref. 21951], Randall 1995:341 [ref. 22896], Aonuma et al. 1996:325 [ref. 22433], Allen 1997:218 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:346 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:407 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:259 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:520 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:749 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:93 [ref. 37268] as cinctus, Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1173 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1173 [ref. 26193], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:645 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:190 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3329 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:547 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1677 [ref. 29097], Fricke et al. 2009:103 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:284 [ref. 30449], Motomura et al. 2010:217 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:928 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:270 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:171 [ref. 33932], Hoese et al. 2015:539 [ref. 33990], Motomura et al. 2015:30 [ref. 34709], Bogorodsky et al. 2016:170 [ref. 34658], Koeda et al. 2016:94 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:338 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:159 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:17 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:66 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:288 [ref. 36673], Koeda et al. 2021:[8] [ref. 38416], Parenti 2021:215 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:128 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:22 [ref. 40247], Fricke et al. 2024:74 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Priolepis cincta (Regan 1908). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues), Maldives and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) east to Fiji and Tonga, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, Elizabeth and Middleton reefs (Australia), and New Caledonia. Habitat: brackish, marine.