Vanderhorstia ambanoro

Vanderhorstia ambanoro, the Ambanoro prawn-goby or twin-spotted shrimp-goby, is a species of fish native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, where it occurs in lagoons and coastal bays at depths of from 1 to 30 metres (3.3 to 98.4 ft). This species inhabits areas with mud or sand substrates, where it lives in association with Alpheus shrimps. This species can reach a length of 13 centimetres (5.1 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2]

Vanderhorstia ambanoro

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Vanderhorstia
Species:
V. ambanoro
Binomial name
Vanderhorstia ambanoro
(Fourmanoir, 1957)
Synonyms
  • Cryptocentrus ambanoro Fourmanoir, 1957
  • Cryptocentrus fasciaventris J. L. B. Smith, 1959
  • Vanderhorstia fasciaventris (J. L. B. Smith, 1959)

References
  1. Larson, H. (2016). "Vanderhorstia ambanoro". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T193075A2191768. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T193075A2191768.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Vanderhorstia ambanoro" in FishBase. June 2013 version.


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