Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Yellowfoot Shrimpgoby
Vanderhorstia phaeosticta
Yellowfoot Shrimpgoby
Category: Gobies
Scientific Name: Vanderhorstia phaeosticta
Size: Up to 2 in. (5 cm)  
Depth: 20-80 ft. (6-25 m)
Distribution: West Pacific
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Gobiiformes (Order)
     └Gobiidae (Family) Gobies
      └Gobiinae (Subfamily)
       └Vanderhorstia (Genus)
        └V. phaeosticta (Species)
WoRMS ID: 1008780🔗
iNaturalist ID: 473969🔗

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