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Vanderhorstia ambanoro

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Vanderhorstia ambanoro
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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

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Vanderhorstia ambanoro". FishBase. June 2013 version.