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 <small>Fourmanoir, 1957</small> (Ambanoro prawn-goby)
- Vanderhorstia atriclypea <small>Garman, 1903</small>
- Vanderhorstia attenuata <small>J. E. Randall, 2007</small> (Tapertail shrimpgoby)
- Vanderhorstia auronotata <small>J. E. Randall, 2007</small> (Gold-marked shrimpgoby)
- Vanderhorstia auropunctata <small>Tomiyama, 1955</small>
- Vanderhorstia bella <small>D. W. Greenfield & Longenecker, 2005</small>
- Vanderhorstia belloides <small>J. E. Randall, 2007</small> (Bella shrimpgoby)
- Vanderhorstia cyanolineata <small>T. Suzuki & I. S. Chen, 2014</small>
- Vanderhorstia delagoae <small>Barnard, 1937</small> (Candystick Goby)
- Vanderhorstia dawnarnallae <small>Gerald R. Allen, Mark V. Erdmann & Meity Mongdong, 2019</small>
- Vanderhorstia dorsomacula <small>J. E. Randall, 2007</small> (Dorsalspot shrimpgoby)
- Vanderhorstia flavilineata <small>G. R. Allen & Munday, 1995</small> (Yellow-lined shrimpgoby)
- Vanderhorstia fulvopelvis <small>T. Suzuki & I. S. Chen, 2014</small>
- Vanderhorstia hiramatsui <small>Iwata, Shibukawa & Ohnishi, 2007</small>
- Vanderhorstia kizakura <small>Iwata, Shibukawa & Ohnishi, 2007</small>
- Vanderhorstia lepidobucca <small>G. R. Allen, Peristiwady & Erdmann, 2014</small> (Scalycheek shrimpgoby)
- Vanderhorstia longimanus <small>M. C. W. Weber, 1909</small>
- Vanderhorstia macropteryx <small>V. Franz, 1910</small> (Bigfin shrimpgoby)
- Vanderhorstia mertensi <small>Klausewitz, 1974</small> (Mertens' prawn-goby)
- Vanderhorstia nannai <small>R. Winterbottom, Iwata & Kozawa, 2005</small> (Moon-spotted shrimp goby)
- Vanderhorstia nobilis <small>G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 2006</small> (Majestic shrimpgoby)
- Vanderhorstia opercularis <small>J. E. Randall, 2007</small>
- Vanderhorstia ornatissima <small>J. L. B. Smith, 1959</small> (Ornate prawn-goby)
- Vanderhorstia papilio <small>Shibukawa & T. Suzuki, 2004</small> (Butterfly shrimpgoby)
- Vanderhorstia phaeosticta <small>J. E. Randall, K. T. Shao & J. P. Chen, 2007</small> (Yellowfoot shrimpgoby)
- Vanderhorstia puncticeps <small>S. M. Deng & G. Q. Xiong, 1980</small>
- Vanderhorstia rapa <small>Iwata, Shibukawa & Ohnishi, 2007</small>
- Vanderhorstia steelei <small>J. E. Randall & Munday, 2008</small>
- Vanderhorstia supersaiyan <small> K. Koeda, H. Hirasaka & M. Sato, 2025</small>
- Vanderhorstia vandersteene
- Vanderhorstia wayag <small>G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012</small> (Wayag shrimpgoby)
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