Barrel Goby

Priolepis semidoliata

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth0–19 m
Water temperature21–30 °C
Best monthsApril, May, and November
How commonOccasional

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About this species

Priolepis semidoliata, the half-barred goby, is a species of goby native to the Indo-Pacific region.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Priolepis semidoliata”, 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: 21 records
February: 10 records
March: 11 records
April: 38 records
May: 28 records
June: 17 records
July: 20 records
August: 12 records
September: 19 records
October: 22 records
November: 34 records
December: 7 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–19 m · Deepest record: 53 m

0–10 m: 122 records
10–20 m: 20 records
20–30 m: 10 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 3 records
50–60 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 21–30 °C

20–22 °C: 3 records
22–24 °C: 8 records
24–26 °C: 20 records
26–28 °C: 93 records
28–30 °C: 131 records

Names and classification

English: Barrel Goby, Half-banded Reef-goby, Half-Barred Goby, Halfbarred Reefgoby

Names in 3 more languages

French: Gobie semi-rayé
Japanese: Irezumihaze, イレズミハゼ
Simplified Chinese: 半紋鋸鱗鰕虎, 多紋鋸鱗鰕虎魚

Other scientific names: Gobius semidoliatus, Gobius semifasciatus, Priolepis semidoliatus, Zonogobius semidokiatus, Zonogobius semidoliatus

Similar species

Banded Reef-goby
Priolepis cincta
Threadfin Reefgoby
Priolepis nuchifasciata
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).
509 open-data records from 1837 to 2023.

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