title: Vanderhorstia
text: # 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 (1889-1951) of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, who was well known for his interest in marine biology.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus:
  
  * Vanderhorstia ambanoro Fourmanoir, 1957 (Ambanoro prawn-goby)
  * Vanderhorstia atriclypea Garman, 1903
  * 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
  * 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
  * Vanderhorstia hiramatsui Iwata, Shibukawa & Ohnishi, 2007
  * Vanderhorstia kizakura Iwata, Shibukawa & Ohnishi, 2007
  * Vanderhorstia lepidobucca G. R. Allen, Peristiwady & Erdmann, 2014 (Scalycheek shrimpgoby)
  * 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
  * Vanderhorstia vandersteene Allen, Erdmann & Brooks, 2020
  * Vanderhorstia wayag G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012 (Wayag shrimpgoby)
  