Species that contain: Priolepis and inhaca [ 1 ] records inhaca, Gobius Smith [J. L. B.] 1949:103 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 2 (no. 14) (art. 13); ref. 4077] Inhaca Island, Delagoa Bay, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Syntypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 219 (primary specimen), USNM 112208 (1). •Valid as Priolepis inhaca (Smith 1949) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:248 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:801 [ref. 5670], Winterbottom & Burridge 1993:2065 [ref. 21406], Aonuma et al. 1996:325 [ref. 22433], Anderson et al. 1998:27 [ref. 23611], Myers 1999:259 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1174 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1174 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:645 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:548 [ref. 28239], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:351 [ref. 28867], Hoese & Larson 2006:1678 [ref. 29097], Motomura et al. 2010:218 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:929 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:270 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2018:338 [ref. 35805], Moore et al. 2020:110 [ref. 37357], Parenti 2021:216 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:128 [ref. 39971], Abe et al. 2024:11 [ref. 41435]). Current status: Valid as Priolepis inhaca (Smith 1949). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Comoros, Madagascar, Maldives and Chagos Archipelagon (British Indian Ocean Territory) east to Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Kimberley (Western Australia). Habitat: marine.
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