Species Vanderhorstia ambanoro (Fourmanoir, 1957)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Cryptocentrus ambanoro Fourmanoir, P. 1957. Poissons téléostéens des eaux malagaches du Canal de Mozambique. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar Sér. F, Océanographique 1: 1-316 figs 1-195 pls 1-12 [245, fig. 159].

  Type data:

   Holotype IRSM, Ambanoro Bay, Nossi-Bé, Mozambique Channel.

 

Generic Combinations

• Vanderhorstia ambanoro (Fourmanoir, 1957). —
  Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [412]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Offshore Islands of Western Australia and Lizard Island, QLD (14°41'S); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, commensal, coral reef, inshore, sand bottom marine.

Extra Ecological Information

In burrows associated with alpheid shrimps.

 

General References

Hoese, D.F. & Larson, H.K. 2006. Family Gobiidae. pp. 1612-1697 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [1695]

Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls. [228]

Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [350]

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp. [558]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [412]

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [887] (Ambonoro Shrimpgoby)

FAO-FIES 2017. Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (Ambanoro Prawn-goby)

Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls. [228] (Twin-spotted Shrimp-goby)

Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [350] (Twin-spotted Shrimp Goby)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [412] (Ambanoro Goby)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Twinspot Shrimpgoby)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [59] (Twinspot Shrimpgoby)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Dec-2018	GOBIOIDEI	29-Jun-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
14-May-2015	GOBIOIDEI	05-Apr-2012	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED