Distribution and habitat. Winterbottom (1985) and Winterbottom & Burridge (1993 a) reported P. compita from South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal), Comoro Islands, Seychelles, Chagos Archipelago (type locality: Salomon Atoll), Indonesia, Australia (Great Barrier Reef), Fiji, Tahiti, Society Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago and Marquesas Islands. It is recorded from a variety of habitats, from lagoons, reef flats, and drop-offs at depth of 1 – 36 m. The record from the Red Sea is based on a single individual photographed on a reef flat in less than one meter depth at Sharm el Moya, near the entrance of the Gulf of Aqaba.
Sumber: Description of a new species of Priolepis (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from the Red Sea, a new record of Priolepis compita, and a distributional range extension of Trimma fishelsoni