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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae Gobies
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Vanderhorstia

(See list of species below)


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25 species (see list below)

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Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 13 cm TL
Vanderhorstia ambanoro (Fourmanoir, 1957)

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Vanderhorstia ambanoro
[Ambanoro prawn-goby]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 3.6 cm SL
Vanderhorstia attenuata Randall, 2007

Photo by Allen, G.R.
 
Vanderhorstia attenuata
[Tapertail shrimpgoby]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 2.8 cm SL
Vanderhorstia auronotata Randall, 2007

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Vanderhorstia auronotata
[Gold-marked shrimpgoby]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Vanderhorstia auropunctata
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 7.1 cm SL
 
Vanderhorstia bella
[]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 4.8 cm SL
Vanderhorstia belloides Randall, 2007

Photo by Allen, G.R.
 
Vanderhorstia belloides
[Bella shrimpgoby]

Photo by Herler, J.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 7.5 cm TL
Vanderhorstia delagoae (Barnard, 1937)

Photo by Herler, J.
 
Vanderhorstia delagoae
[Candystick goby]

Photo by Ryanskiy, A.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 4.0 cm SL
Vanderhorstia dorsomacula Randall, 2007

Photo by Ryanskiy, A.
 
Vanderhorstia dorsomacula
[Dorsalspot shrimpgoby]

Photo by Steene, R.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 2.7 cm SL
Vanderhorstia flavilineata Allen & Munday, 1995

Photo by Steene, R.
 
Vanderhorstia flavilineata
[Yellow-lined shrimpgoby]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 6.5 cm SL
 
Vanderhorstia hiramatsui
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 3.5 cm SL
 
Vanderhorstia kizakura
[]

Photo by Erdmann, M.V.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 4.0 cm SL
Vanderhorstia lepidobucca Allen, Peristiwady & Erdmann, 2014

Photo by Erdmann, M.V.
 
Vanderhorstia lepidobucca
[Scalycheek shrimpgoby]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 2.5 cm SL
 
Vanderhorstia longimanus
[Longfin shrimpgoby]

Photo by Kuiter, R.H.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 8.1 cm SL
Vanderhorstia macropteryx (Franz, 1910)

Photo by Kuiter, R.H.
 
Vanderhorstia macropteryx
[Bigfin shrimpgoby]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 11 cm TL
Vanderhorstia mertensi Klausewitz, 1974

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Vanderhorstia mertensi
[Mertens' prawn-goby]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 3.3 cm SL
Vanderhorstia nannai Winterbottom, Iwata & Kozawa, 2005

Photo by Winterbottom, R.
 
Vanderhorstia nannai
[Moon-spotted shrimp goby]

Photo by Steene, R.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm TL
Vanderhorstia nobilis Allen & Randall, 2006

Photo by Steene, R.
 
Vanderhorstia nobilis
[Majestic shrimpgoby]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 5.1 cm SL
Vanderhorstia opercularis Randall, 2007

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Vanderhorstia opercularis
[]

Photo by Bogorodsky, S.V.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 8.5 cm TL
Vanderhorstia ornatissima Smith, 1959

Photo by Bogorodsky, S.V.
 
Vanderhorstia ornatissima
[Ornate prawn-goby]

Photo by Kuiter, R.H.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 4.1 cm SL
Vanderhorstia papilio Shibukawa & Suzuki, 2004

Photo by Kuiter, R.H.
 
Vanderhorstia papilio
[Butterfly shrimpgoby]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 2.4 cm SL
Vanderhorstia phaeosticta (Randall, Shao & Chen, 2007)

Photo by Allen, G.R.
 
Vanderhorstia phaeosticta
[Yellowfoot shrimpgoby]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 4.0 cm SL
 
Vanderhorstia puncticeps
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific; oof so
Max. Length 5.0 cm SL
 
Vanderhorstia rapa
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 5.2 cm SL
Vanderhorstia steelei Randall & Munday, 2008

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Vanderhorstia steelei
[]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 3.3 cm SL
Vanderhorstia wayag Allen & Erdmann, 2012

Photo by Allen, G.R.
 
Vanderhorstia wayag
[Wayag shrimpgoby]
25 Species of Family Gobiidae with Genus Vanderhorstia
(Gobies)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1957 Vanderhorstia ambanoro Ambanoro prawn-goby Indo-West Pacific 13 TL
2007 Vanderhorstia attenuata Tapertail shrimpgoby Western Central Pacific 3.6 SL
2007 Vanderhorstia auronotata Gold-marked shrimpgoby Western Pacific 2.8 SL
1955 Vanderhorstia auropunctata Northwest Pacific
2005 Vanderhorstia bella Western Central Pacific 7.1 SL
2007 Vanderhorstia belloides Bella shrimpgoby Western Pacific 4.8 SL
1937 Vanderhorstia delagoae Candystick goby Western Indian Ocean 7.5 TL
2007 Vanderhorstia dorsomacula Dorsalspot shrimpgoby Western Pacific 4.0 SL
1995 Vanderhorstia flavilineata Yellow-lined shrimpgoby Western Pacific 2.7 SL
2007 Vanderhorstia hiramatsui Northwest Pacific 6.5 SL
2007 Vanderhorstia kizakura Northwest Pacific 3.5 SL
2014 Vanderhorstia lepidobucca Scalycheek shrimpgoby Western Pacific 4.0 SL
1909 Vanderhorstia longimanus Longfin shrimpgoby Western Central Pacific 2.5 SL
1910 Vanderhorstia macropteryx Bigfin shrimpgoby Northwest Pacific 8.1 SL
1974 Vanderhorstia mertensi Mertens' prawn-goby Indo-West Pacific 11 TL
2005 Vanderhorstia nannai Moon-spotted shrimp goby Western Pacific 3.3 SL
2006 Vanderhorstia nobilis Majestic shrimpgoby Western Pacific 7 TL
2007 Vanderhorstia opercularis Western Indian Ocean 5.1 SL
1959 Vanderhorstia ornatissima Ornate prawn-goby Indo-Pacific 8.5 TL
2004 Vanderhorstia papilio Butterfly shrimpgoby Northwest Pacific 4.1 SL
2007 Vanderhorstia phaeosticta Yellowfoot shrimpgoby Western Pacific 2.4 SL
1980 Vanderhorstia puncticeps Northwest Pacific 4.0 SL
2007 Vanderhorstia rapa Northwest Pacific; oof so 5.0 SL
2008 Vanderhorstia steelei Eastern Pacific 5.2 SL
2012 Vanderhorstia wayag Wayag shrimpgoby Western Pacific 3.3 SL



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