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Ornate Prawn-goby

Vanderhorstia ornatissima

Classification

Family
Gobiidae

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. Species These are the current recognized species in this genus: Vanderhorstia ambanoro Fourmanoir, 1957 (Ambanoro prawn-goby) Vanderhorstia atriclypea Garman, 1903 Vanderhorstia attenuata J.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 1