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 | |
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| Vanderhorstia sp. (Leyte, Philippines) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Vanderhorstia J. L. B. Smith, 1949 |
| Type species | |
| Gobius delagoae Barnard, 1937
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Species
editThere are currently 29 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 vandersteene Allen, Erdmann & Brooks, 2020[6]
- Vanderhorstia wayag G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012 (Wayag shrimpgoby)
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Catalog of Fishes, California Academy of Sciences
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Randall & Munday (2008). "Vanderhorstia steelei, a new shrimpgoby from the Society Islands". Aqua (Miradolo Terme). 14 (1): 35–41.
- ^ Allen, Gerald R.; Erdmann, Mark V.; Brooks, William D. (2020-07-25). "Vanderhorstia vandersteene, a new species of shrimpgoby (Pisces: Gobiidae) from Papua New Guinea". Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 35: 65–75. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3959464.