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Ambanoro prawn-goby
Vanderhorstia ambanoro
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Ambanoro prawn-goby
- Scientific
- Vanderhorstia ambanoro
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 13 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 30 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A pale shrimp goby with rows of black spots and blue streaks on the head, reaching about 13 cm. It lives with snapping shrimps on sand and mud in bays and lagoons.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Vanderhorstia-ambanoro.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Ambanoro_Prawn-Gobies_(Vanderhorstia_ambanoro)_(8467612621)
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.