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Updated 6/10/2018

Family Gobiidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC

Vanderhorstia ornatissima

Palau, 5 feet

  

ORNATE SHRIMP GOBY

Common at scuba depths.  Inhabits burrows with the commensal shrimp Alpheus on silty sand and rubble in shallow water.  Attains 3.5 inches.  East Africa to Okinawa & Samoa.