Longfin Shrimpgoby, Vanderhorstia longimana (Weber 1909)
Illustration of the holotype of the Longfin Shrimpgoby, Vanderhorstia longimanus. Source: Fig. 97, in Weber. 1913. Siboga-Expéditie Report 57 / Biodiversity Heritage Library. License: CC by Attribution
Summary:
A small deep-dwelling shrimpgoby with a row of four dusky blotches along the side, pale spots on the head, the first three dorsal-fin spines greatly elongated and filamentous, and a long lanceolate caudal fin.
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Bray, D.J. 2022, Vanderhorstia longimana in Fishes of Australia, accessed 30 Apr 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/182
Longfin Shrimpgoby, Vanderhorstia longimana (Weber 1909)
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Distribution |
Off the off Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Indonesia. |
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Features |
Diagnostic characters: 11 segmented rays on second dorsal fin; 30–31 longitudinal scale count; single predorsal scale; 8–9 transverse scale count from origin of second dorsal fin backward and downward to anal-fin base; pectoral-fin base scaled; anterior 3 spines of first dorsal fin greatly prolonged and filamentous, extending posteriorly to a little beyond base of seventh segmented ray of second dorsal fin; caudal fin long, lanceolate. |
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Colour |
In preservative: cheek, operculum and nape with several pale spots; a series of 4 dusky blotches on side of body. |
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Biology |
Lives in a symbiotic relationship with alpheid shrimps. |
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Etymology |
The specific name longimanus is from the Latin longus (= long) and manus (= hand), in reference to the long pectoral fins of this species that extend almost to below the middle of the second dorsal fin. |
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Species Citation |
Gobius (Oxyurichthys) longimanus Weber 1909, Notes from the Leyden Museum 31(2): 154. Type locality: Ceram Sea, Indonesia. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2022 |
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Resources |
Longfin Shrimpgoby, Vanderhorstia longimana (Weber 1909)
References
Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Brooks, W.M. 2020. Vanderhorstia vandersteene, a new species of shrimpgoby (Pisces: Gobiidae) from Papua New Guinea. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 35: 65-75 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3959464
Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50
Iwata, A., Shibukawa, K. & Ohnishi, N. 2007. Three new species of the shrimp-associated goby genus Vanderhorstia (Perciformes: Gobiidae: Gobiinae) from Japan, with re-descriptions of two related congeners. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science Ser. A Supplement 1: 185-205
Shibukawa, K. & Suzuki, T. 2004. Vanderhorstia papilio, a new shrimp-associated goby from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Perciformes: Gobiidae: Gobiinae), with comments on the limits of the genus. Ichthyological Research 51(2): 113-119 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-004-0206-x
Weber, M. 1909. Note IV. Diagnosen neuer Fische der Siboga-Expedition. Notes from the Leyden Museum 31(2): 143-169 See ref at BHL
Weber, M. 1913. Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition. Siboga-Expéditie Report 57: 1-710 123 figs 12 pls See ref at BHL
