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Vanderhorstia ornatissima in life
In life — Ornate Shrimpgoby, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Dawn Goebbels, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Dawn Goebbels
BPBM 27900Ichthyology

Vanderhorstia ornatissima

Ornate Shrimpgoby

As recorded: Vanderhorstia ornatissima Smith, 1959

Animalia › Chordata › Perciformes › Gobiidae

Collected by
Philip Helfrich, Maridell Foster, and Eric B. GuintherMaridell Foster →Eric B. Guinther →Philip Helfrich →
Date
March 1, 1972
Locality
Tutuila Island; Pala Lagoon; reef off Coconut Point
Depth
0 m
Record type
Preserved specimen
8 Bishop specimens of Vanderhorstia ornatissima · collected 1967–1999Species page ›

Collected the same day

On March 1, 1972, Philip Helfrich, Maridell Foster, and Eric B. Guinther also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Vanderhorstia ornatissima. BPBM 27900. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 39627190. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/27900.

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