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Eponymy: Professor Cornelius Jan van der Horst (1889–1951) was a Dutch zoologist who moved to South Africa (1928) and became Head of the Zoology Department, Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 20 - 110 m (Ref. 37490), usually 20 - 40 m (Ref. 90102). Subtropical
Northwest Pacific: Japan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 37490)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8 - 12; Vertebrae: 26. Presence of longitudinal yellow line on middle of cheek; yellow or brownish line from above middle of maxilla to lower part of cheek; oblique yellow line on occiput behind eye; orange line between maxilla and lachrymal; three transverse yellow line on flank; predorsal with 17-18 scales; cheek and opercle naked; occiput and pectoral base scaled (Ref. 37490); characterized further by having elevated first dorsal fin, without filaments; united pelvic fins, presence of well developed frenum; longitudinal scale series 30-39; head without scales except nape; predorsal scales 9-18;ctenoid scales covering body except cycloid anteriorly; greatest depth of body 4.8-6.0 in SL; rounded caudal fin, longer than head length (Ref. 90102).
Found on sandy-muddy bottoms. Observed associating with snapping shrimps (Ref. 37490). Also found in silty sand bottoms, often on slopes in 20-40 m (Ref 90102).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Ikeda, Y., T. Nakabo and W. Hiramatsu, 1995. Redescription of Vanderhorstia macropteryx (Perciformes: Gobiidae) with designation of a neotype. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 42(3/4):303-310. (Ref. 37490)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 17.1 - 28.9, mean 27.3 °C (based on 116 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00339 - 0.01546), b=3.10 (2.92 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
