REVISION OF INDO-PACIFIC PRIOLEPIS SPECIES POSSESSING A REDUCED TRANSVERSE PATTERN OF CHEEK PAPILLAE, AND PREDORSAL SCALES (TELEOSTEI, GOBIIDAE)

There are 10 Indo-Pacific species of Priolepis with a reduced transver se pattern of sensory papillae and scales in the predorsal midline. Ni ne of these, including three new species, are described here. Priolepi s aureoviridis is known from the Hawaiian, Johnston, and Caroline isla nds; P. cinctus ranges from South Africa and the Red Sea to Japan and Tonga; P. eugenius is endemic to the Hawaiian islands; P. inhaca is fo und from the East African coast to Taiwan and the Society Islands; P. limbatosquamis is confined to the Hawaiian islands and Johnston Island ; and P. squamogena is known from Howland Island southeastwards throug h the Society and Marquesas islands to Pitcairn Island. Of the three n ew species, P. agrena is known from the Philippine Islands and the nor thern Great Barrier Reef and P. pallidicincta ranges from Sulawesi thr ough Guam and the Gilbert Islands to Fiji, whereas P. triops is known only from Fiji and the Society Islands. The remaining species, P. RW s p. 20, is known from the Austral and Easter islands and Lord Howe Isla nd. This species will be described by D.F. Hoese and H.K. Larson. Ther e is currently no information indicating that the species of the P. ci nctus grade form a monophyletic assemblage.