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:

References

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Category:Taxa named by J. L. B. Smith

Category:Gobiinae