Vanderhorstia

Vanderhorstia is a genus of gobies native to the Indian and Pacific oceans. The name of this genus honours the Dutch biologist Cornelius van der Horst (1889-1951) of the University of The Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, who was well known for his interest in marine biology.[1]

Vanderhorstia
Vanderhorstia sp. (Leyte, Philippines)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Vanderhorstia
J. L. B. Smith, 1949
Type species
Gobius delagoae
Barnard, 1937

Species

There are currently 28 recognized species in this genus:

  • Vanderhorstia ambanoro Fourmanoir, 1957 (Ambanoro prawn-goby)
  • Vanderhorstia atriclypea Garman, 1903 [2]
  • Vanderhorstia attenuata J. E. Randall, 2007 (Tapertail shrimpgoby)
  • Vanderhorstia auronotata J. E. Randall, 2007 (Gold-marked shrimpgoby)
  • Vanderhorstia auropunctata Tomiyama, 1955
  • Vanderhorstia bella D. W. Greenfield & Longenecker, 2005
  • Vanderhorstia belloides J. E. Randall, 2007 (Bella shrimpgoby)
  • Vanderhorstia cyanolineata T. Suzuki & I. S. Chen, 2014 [3]
  • Vanderhorstia delagoae Barnard, 1937 (Candystick Goby)
  • Vanderhorstia dorsomacula J. E. Randall, 2007 (Dorsalspot shrimpgoby)
  • Vanderhorstia flavilineata G. R. Allen & Munday, 1995 (Yellow-lined shrimpgoby)
  • Vanderhorstia fulvopelvis T. Suzuki & I. S. Chen, 2014 [3]
  • Vanderhorstia hiramatsui Iwata, Shibukawa & Ohnishi, 2007
  • Vanderhorstia kizakura Iwata, Shibukawa & Ohnishi, 2007
  • Vanderhorstia lepidobucca G. R. Allen, Peristiwady & Erdmann, 2014 (Scalycheek shrimpgoby) [4]
  • Vanderhorstia longimanus M. C. W. Weber, 1909
  • Vanderhorstia macropteryx V. Franz, 1910 (Bigfin shrimpgoby)
  • Vanderhorstia mertensi Klausewitz, 1974 (Mertens' prawn-goby)
  • Vanderhorstia nannai R. Winterbottom, Iwata & Kozawa, 2005 (Moon-spotted shrimp goby)
  • Vanderhorstia nobilis G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 2006 (Majestic shrimpgoby)
  • Vanderhorstia opercularis J. E. Randall, 2007
  • Vanderhorstia ornatissima J. L. B. Smith, 1959 (Ornate prawn-goby)
  • Vanderhorstia papilio Shibukawa & T. Suzuki, 2004 (Butterfly shrimpgoby)
  • Vanderhorstia phaeosticta J. E. Randall, K. T. Shao & J. P. Chen, 2007 (Yellowfoot shrimpgoby)
  • Vanderhorstia puncticeps S. M. Deng & G. Q. Xiong, 1980
  • Vanderhorstia rapa Iwata, Shibukawa & Ohnishi, 2007
  • Vanderhorstia steelei J. E. Randall & Munday, 2008 [5]
  • Vanderhorstia wayag G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012 (Wayag shrimpgoby)

References
  1. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (24 July 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (r-z)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  2. Catalog of Fishes, California Academy of Sciences
  3. Suzuki, T. & Chen, I-S. (2014): Two new species of Vanderhorstia Smith, 1949 (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Ryukyus, Japan. Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 21 (Suppl.) [2013]: 207-212.
  4. Allen, G.R., Peristiwady, T. & Erdmann, M.V. (2014): Vanderhorstia lepidobucca, a new species of shrimpgoby from Sulawesi, Indonesia. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 20 (2): 81-86.
  5. Randall & Munday (2008). "Vanderhorstia steelei, a new shrimpgoby from the Society Islands". Aqua (Miradolo Terme). 14 (1): 35–41.
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