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Class: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae Gobies
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Vanderhorstia

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Vanderhorstia ambanoro Ambanoro prawn-goby Indo-West Pacific 13 TL 1957
Vanderhorstia attenuata Tapertail shrimpgoby Western Central Pacific 3.6 SL 2007
Vanderhorstia auronotata Gold-marked shrimpgoby Western Pacific 2.8 SL 2007
Vanderhorstia auropunctata Northwest Pacific 1955
Vanderhorstia bella Western Central Pacific 7.1 SL 2005
Vanderhorstia belloides Bella shrimpgoby Western Pacific 4.8 SL 2007
Vanderhorstia cyanolineata Western Pacific 2.4 SL 2013
Vanderhorstia dawnarnallae Dawn’s shrimpgoby Western Central Pacific 3.9 SL 2019
Vanderhorstia delagoae Candystick goby Western Indian Ocean 7.5 TL 1937
Vanderhorstia dorsomacula Dorsalspot shrimpgoby Western Pacific 4.0 SL 2007
Vanderhorstia flavilineata Yellow-lined shrimpgoby Western Pacific 2.7 SL 1995
Vanderhorstia fulvopelvis Western Pacific 1.8 SL 2013
Vanderhorstia hiramatsui Northwest Pacific 6.5 SL 2007
Vanderhorstia kizakura Northwest Pacific 3.5 SL 2007
Vanderhorstia lepidobucca Scalycheek shrimpgoby Western Pacific 4.0 SL 2014
Vanderhorstia longimanus Longfin shrimpgoby Western Central Pacific 2.5 SL 1909
Vanderhorstia macropteryx Bigfin shrimpgoby Northwest Pacific 8.1 SL 1910
Vanderhorstia mertensi Mertens' prawn-goby Indo-West Pacific 11 TL 1974
Vanderhorstia nannai Moon-spotted shrimp goby Western Pacific 3.3 SL 2005
Vanderhorstia nobilis Majestic shrimpgoby Western Pacific 7 TL 2006
Vanderhorstia opercularis Western Indian Ocean 5.1 SL 2007
Vanderhorstia ornatissima Ornate prawn-goby Indo-Pacific 8.5 TL 1959
Vanderhorstia papilio Butterfly shrimpgoby Northwest Pacific 4.1 SL 2004
Vanderhorstia phaeosticta Yellowfoot shrimpgoby Western Pacific 2.4 SL 2007
Vanderhorstia puncticeps Northwest Pacific 4.0 SL 1980
Vanderhorstia rapa Northwest Pacific; oof so 5.0 SL 2007
Vanderhorstia steelei Eastern Pacific 5.2 SL 2008
Vanderhorstia vandersteene Electric shrimpgoby Western Central Pacific 3.2 SL 2020
Vanderhorstia wayag Wayag shrimpgoby Western Pacific 3.3 SL 2012



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