Banded Reef-goby

Priolepis cincta

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth1–28 m
Water temperature20–30 °C
Best monthsMay
How commonOccasional

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Photo credit: (c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Priolepis cincta, commonly known as the girdled goby, is a species of goby fish described by Regan in 1908.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Priolepis cincta”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 44 records
February: 29 records
March: 33 records
April: 55 records
May: 93 records
June: 46 records
July: 29 records
August: 31 records
September: 52 records
October: 42 records
November: 52 records
December: 25 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–28 m · Deepest record: 100 m

0–10 m: 134 records
10–20 m: 66 records
20–30 m: 43 records
30–40 m: 17 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 2 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C

18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 11 records
22–24 °C: 60 records
24–26 °C: 83 records
26–28 °C: 137 records
28–30 °C: 136 records

Photos

Names and classification

English: Banded Reef-goby, Convict Goby, Girdled goby, Pacific Convict Goby

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: Benkeihaze, ベンケイハゼ
Simplified Chinese: 橫帶鋸鱗鰕虎, 橫帶鋸鱗鰕虎魚

Other scientific names: Amblygobius naraharae, Cingulogobius boulengeri, Gobiomorphus cinctus, Pleurogobius boulengeri, Priolepis cinctus, Priolepis naraharae, Quisquilius cinctus, Zonogobius naraharae

Similar species

Threadfin Reefgoby
Priolepis nuchifasciata
Barrel Goby
Priolepis semidoliata
Network Reefgoby
Priolepis agrena
Eightbar Reefgoby
Priolepis fallacincta
Brick goby
Priolepis inhaca
Pale-barred Goby
Priolepis pallidicincta

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
888 open-data records from 1929 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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