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 of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, who was well known for his interest in marine biology.

Species

These are the current recognized species in this genus: Vanderhorstia ambanoro Fourmanoir, 1957 Vanderhorstia atriclypea Garman, 1903 Vanderhorstia attenuata J. E. Randall, 2007 Vanderhorstia auronotata J. E. Randall, 2007 Vanderhorstia auropunctata Tomiyama, 1955Vanderhorstia bella D. W. Greenfield & Longenecker, 2005Vanderhorstia belloides J. E. Randall, 2007 Vanderhorstia cyanolineata T. Suzuki & I. S. Chen, 2014 Vanderhorstia delagoae Barnard, 1937 Vanderhorstia dawnarnallae Gerald R. Allen, Mark V. Erdmann & Meity Mongdong, 2019Vanderhorstia dorsomacula J. E. Randall, 2007 Vanderhorstia flavilineata G. R. Allen & Munday, 1995 Vanderhorstia fulvopelvis T. Suzuki & I. S. Chen, 2014 Vanderhorstia hiramatsui Iwata, Shibukawa & Ohnishi, 2007Vanderhorstia kizakura Iwata, Shibukawa & Ohnishi, 2007Vanderhorstia lepidobucca G. R. Allen, Peristiwady & Erdmann, 2014 Vanderhorstia longimanus M. C. W. Weber, 1909Vanderhorstia macropteryx V. Franz, 1910 Vanderhorstia mertensi Klausewitz, 1974 Vanderhorstia nannai R. Winterbottom, Iwata & Kozawa, 2005 Vanderhorstia nobilis G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 2006 Vanderhorstia opercularis J. E. Randall, 2007Vanderhorstia ornatissima J. L. B. Smith, 1959 Vanderhorstia papilio Shibukawa & T. Suzuki, 2004 Vanderhorstia phaeosticta J. E. Randall, K. T. Shao & J. P. Chen, 2007 Vanderhorstia puncticeps S. M. Deng & G. Q. Xiong, 1980Vanderhorstia rapa Iwata, Shibukawa & Ohnishi, 2007Vanderhorstia steelei J. E. Randall & Munday, 2008 Vanderhorstia supersaiyan K. Koeda, H. Hirasaka & M. Sato, 2025