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Ornate prawn-goby
Vanderhorstia ornatissima
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Ornate prawn-goby
- Scientific
- Vanderhorstia ornatissima
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 8.5 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A slender shrimp goby with thin blue bars or rings near the tail, reaching about 8.5 cm. It shares burrows with snapping shrimps in sandy and silty lagoons.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Vanderhorstia-ornatissima.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Blue_-bar_Partner_Goby_-_Vanderhorstia_ornatissima.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.