Priolepis Valenciennes [A.] (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:67 Fem. Priolepis mica Ehrenberg 1837 (Gobius semidoliatus Valenciennes 1837). Type by subsequent monotypy. Appeared as name in synonymy of Gobius, but used as a valid name before 1931 and therefore made available back to Valenciennes 1837 by Whitley 1959 [ref. 4729]. Hoese & Larson 2006:1677 [ref. 29097] list the type as Gobius semidoliatus Valenciennes 1837 by monotypy. •Valid as Priolepis Valenciennes 1837 -- (Larson & Hoese 1980:41 [ref. 2725], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:248 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:801 [ref. 5670], Birdsong et al. 1988:193 [ref. 7303], Greenfield 1989 [ref. 12545], Winterbottom & Burridge 1989 [ref. 14486], Garzón-Ferreira & Acero P. 1991 [ref. 16949], Winterbottom & Burridge 1992:1935 [ref. 20878], Winterbottom & Burridge 1993 [ref. 20895], Winterbottom & Burridge 1993 [ref. 21405], Winterbottom & Burridge 1993 [ref. 21406], Larson & Murdy 2001:3585 [ref. 26293], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1783 [ref. 27111], Hoese & Larson 2006:1677 [ref. 29097], Nogawa & Edno 2007:153 [ref. 29104], Hoese & Larson 2010:373, 375 [ref. 31045], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Van Tassell 2011:142 [ref. 31732], Larson 2011:238 [ref. 31740], Hoese et al. 2015:538 [ref. 33990], Hoese 2015:1582 [ref. 34304], Bogorodsky et al. 2016:168 [ref. 34658], Fricke et al. 2018:338 [ref. 35805], Allen et al. 2018:32 [ref. 36193], Golani & Fricke 2018:159 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:163 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:288 [ref. 36673], Koeda et al. 2021:1 [ref. 38416]). Current status: Valid as Priolepis Valenciennes 1837. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.