Vanderhorstia
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Goby.jpg
| image_caption = Vanderhorstia sp. (Leyte, Philippines)
| taxon = Vanderhorstia
| authority = J. L. B. Smith, 1949
| type_species = Gobius delagoae
| type_species_authority = Barnard, 1937
}}
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.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/gobiiformes7/ | title = Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (r-z) | access-date= 16 September 2018 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 24 July 2018}}
Species
These are the current recognized species in this genus:
- Vanderhorstia ambanoro Fourmanoir, 1957 (Ambanoro prawn-goby)
- Vanderhorstia atriclypea Garman, 1903 Catalog of Fishes, California Academy of Sciences
- 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 Suzuki, T. & Chen, I-S. (2014): [http://jmst.ntou.edu.tw/marine/dsea/A25.JMST-2013-182-ECSC.pdf Two new species of Vanderhorstia Smith, 1949 (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Ryukyus, Japan.] Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 21 (Suppl.) [2013]: 207-212.
- Vanderhorstia delagoae Barnard, 1937 (Candystick Goby)
- Vanderhorstia dawnarnallae Gerald R. Allen, Mark V. Erdmann & Meity Mongdong, 2019Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Mongdong, M.U. (2019) Vanderhorstia dawnarnallae, a new species of shrimpgoby (Pisces: Gobiidae) from West Papua, Indonesia. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 33, 89-98.; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3519384
- 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) Allen, G.R., Peristiwady, T. & Erdmann, M.V. (2014): Vanderhorstia lepidobucca, a new species of shrimpgoby from Sulawesi, Indonesia. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 20 (2): 81-86.
- 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 {{cite journal | journal = Aqua (Miradolo Terme) | volume = 14 | issue = 1 | year = 2008 | pages = 35–41 | title = Vanderhorstia steelei, a new shrimpgoby from the Society Islands | author = Randall & Munday}}
- Vanderhorstia vandersteene {{Small|Allen, Erdmann & Brooks, 2020}}{{Cite journal|last=Allen|first=Gerald R.|last2=Erdmann|first2=Mark V.|last3=Brooks|first3=William D.|date=2020-07-25|title=Vanderhorstia vandersteene, a new species of shrimpgoby (Pisces: Gobiidae) from Papua New Guinea|url=https://zenodo.org/record/3959464|journal=Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation|volume=35|pages=65–75|doi=10.5281/zenodo.3959464}}
- Vanderhorstia wayag G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012 (Wayag shrimpgoby)