Vanderhorstia ambanoro
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Vanderhorstia |
| Species: | V. ambanoro
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| Binomial name | |
| Vanderhorstia ambanoro (Fourmanoir, 1957)
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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]
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Vanderhorstia ambanoro" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
External links[]
- Photos of Vanderhorstia ambanoro on Sealife Collection
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Vanderhorstia
- Fish described in 1957
- Taxa named by Pierre Fourmanoir
- Gobiidae stubs