Vanderhorstia ambanoro

Vanderhorstia ambanoro

Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
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)

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.^[1]

References

↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Vanderhorstia ambanoro" in FishBase. June 2013 version.

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