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ISSN 0945-9871 Publisher: Aquapress, Redazione aqua, Richard Winterbottom I-27010 Miradolo Terme (Pavia), Italy Centre of Biodiversity & Conservation Biology, Printer: PRINTO s.r.o. - Czech Republic Royal Ontario Museum, Copyediting and layout: Rossella Bulla Toronto, Canada © 2007 aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology Descriptions of four new shrimpgobies of the genus Vanderhorstia from the western Pacific John E. Randall Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice St., Honolulu, HI 96817-2704, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Received: 13 October 2006 – Accepted: 10 Janurary 2007 Abstract iidés Vanderhorstia de l’Indo-Pacifique sont décrites et illus- The following four new species of the Indo-Pacific gob- trées en couleurs : V. attenuata des îles Salomon, avec 11 iid fish genus Vanderhorstia are described and illustrated in rayons mous à la dorsale et à l’anale, 39 écailles en rangées color: V. attenuata from the Solomon Islands, with 11 dor- longitudinales sur le corps, 15 écailles médianes prédorsales sal and anal soft rays, 39 scales in longitudinal series on (absentes pour les trois autres espèces), et une caudale avec body, 15 median predorsal scales (none in remaining three cinq rayons médians très allongés et plutôt pointus (plus species), and a caudal fin with the middle five rays very uniformément pointus pour les espèces restantes) ; V. prolonged and tapering (more uniformly pointed in auronotata des îles Moluques, avec 14 rayons mous dorsaux, remaining species); V. auronotata from the Molucca 15 à l’anale et environ 55 écailles sur le corps ; V. belloides de Islands, with 14 dorsal soft rays, 15 anal soft rays, and Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée avec 16 rayons mous à la dor- about 55 scales on body; V. belloides from Papua New sale, 17 à l’anale, et 66-68 écailles ; et V. dorsomacula de Guinea with 16 dorsal soft rays, 17 anal soft rays, and 66- Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée avec 17 rayons mous dorsaux, 68 scales; and V. dorsomacula from Papua New Guinea 18 à l’anale, 78 écailles et un corps mince (6,6 de LS en hau- with 17 dorsal soft rays, 18 anal soft rays, 78 scales, and a teur). Une espèce du genre non décrite est illustrée sur base slender body (depth 6.6 in SL). One undescribed species d’un spécimen égaré pour le moment. Le nombre total of the genus is illustrated from a specimen that is now d’espèces de Vanderhorstia est à présent de 17 ; au moins 17 missing. The total number of species of Vanderhorstia is autres restent à déterminer. now 17; at least 17 more remain to be described. Sommario Zusammenfassung Quattro nuove specie del genere di gobide dell’Indo-Paci- Die folgenden vier Arten der Gobiiden-Gattung Vander- fico Vanderhorstia sono descritte e illustrate nella loro co- horstia werden beschrieben und in Farbfotos veranschaulicht lorazione naturale: V. attenuata delle Isole Salomone, con abgebildet: V. attentuata von den Salomon-Inseln mit 11 11 raggi molli dorsali e anali, 39 scaglie in serie longitudi- dorsalen und analen Weichstrahlen, 39 Schuppen in der nali sul corpo, 15 scaglie predorsali mediane (assenti nelle Längsreihe auf dem Rumpf, 15 medianen prädorsalen altre tre specie) e una pinna caudale con i cinque raggi cen- Schuppen (keine bei den anderen drei Arten) und einer trali molto prolungati e affusolati (più uniformemente Schwanzflosse, bei der die mittleren fünf Strahlen sehr stark appuntiti nelle altre specie); V. auronotata delle Isole verlängert sind und allmählich spitz zulaufen (bei den Molucche, con 14 raggi molli dorsali, 15 raggi molli anali anderen drei Arten einheitlich spitz); V. auronotata von den and circa 55 scaglie sul corpo; V. belloides da Papua Nuova Molukken mit 14 dorsalen Weichstrahlen, 15 analen Guinea con 16 raggi molli dorsali, 17 raggi molli anali e Weichstrahlen und etwa 55 Schuppen auf dem Rumpf; V. 66-68 scaglie. Infine, V. dorsomacula anch’essa da Papua belloides von Papua-Neuguinea mit 16 dorsalen, 17 analen Nuova Guinea con 17 raggi molli dorsali, 18 raggi molli Weichstrahlen und 66-68 Schuppen; und schließlich V. dor- anali, 78 scaglie e un corpo più assottigliato (altezza del somacula von Papua-Neuguinea mit 17 dorsalen, 18 analen corpo 6.6 in SL). Una specie non descritta dello stesso Weichstrahlen, 78 Schuppen und einem schlanken Körper genere è illustrata sulla base di un esemplare andato perso. (Körperhöhe 6,6 x in SL). Eine weitere unbeschriebene Art Il numero complessivo di specie del genere Vanderhorstia è wird mit dem Foto eines Exemplars belegt, das nicht mehr ora di 17, ma almeno altrettante rimangono da descrivere. vorhanden ist. Die Gesamtzahl der Vanderhorstia-Arten beträgt damit 17; von mindestens 17 weiteren steht die Beschreibung noch aus. INTRODUCTION Gobiid fishes of the genus Vanderhorstia Smith, Résumé 1949 live symbiotically in a burrow in sedimentary Les quatre nouvelles espèces, ci-dessous, du genre de Gob- substrata with snapping shrimps of the genus 89 aqua vol. 12 no. 3 - 10 July 2007 Descriptions of four new shrimpgobies of the genus Vanderhorstia from the western Pacific Alpheus. The shrimps (generally a pair) construct scribed in the genus (however, their Vanderhorstia and maintain the burrow. The goby serves as the sp. 4 is now recognized as a species of Tomiyam- sentinel at the entrance, quickly taking shelter in ichthys). the burrow with the approach of danger (Karplus, The new species described below all have cephalic 1987). Because of their retiring habits, these gob- sensory pores as illustrated for Vanderhorstia aurop- ies are difficult to collect. During the period of unctata Tomiyama, 1955 and V. mertensi Klause- 1973 to 1987, the author collected specimens of witz, 1974 by Prince Akihito in Masuda et al. four undescribed species of this genus from the (1984: figs. 117 and 119), with the same nine Solomon Islands, Indonesia, and Papua New pores of the oculoscapular canal and the three of Guinea. One is represented by two specimens, and the preopercular canal (the latter species, however, the other four by single specimens. No additional is undescribed, distinct from the Red Sea V. specimens have been obtained, and with no plan mertensi). The pattern of sensory papillae on the for more material, these species are described here. head is also very similar to that of these two species, The genus Vanderhorstia was proposed by Smith with two near-horizontal series of close-set small (1949) for Gobius delagoae Barnard, 1937 from papillae on the cheek. Mozambique, but without a description. Smith (l.