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> Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: dawnarnallae:Named for Dawn Arnall, who both funded the expedition that led to the discovery of this species. She also provided critical support and advice to the Bird’s Head Seascape marine conservation initiative that now protects the habitat of this new species. 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. [...] Dawn L Arnall is a businesswoman and philanthropist who was the wife (2000–2008) of the late Roland E Arnall (1939–2008) the billionaire US Ambassador to the Netherlands (2006– 2008), they were co-directors of Ameriquest Capital Corporation a [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Western Central Pacific: Indonesia (West Papua Province).
আকৃতি / ওজন / বয়স
পরিপক্কতা : Lm? range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.9 cm SL পুরুষ/ লিঙ্গ অনিধর্ারিত ; (Ref. 123061)
The species is currently known only from the type locality, where the habitat consists of a gently sloping bottom with clean white sand and was well-removed (more than 100 m) from reef habitat, in an area exposed to periodic strong currents. An estimated 20 individuals were observed in an area approximately 30 sq.m and were seen mainly in pairs, occasionally solitary, although invariably associated with an unidentified snapping shrimp of the genus Alpheus that share the burrows (a symbiotic relationship found in all Vanderhorstia species (Ref. 123061).
জীবনচক্র এবং প্রজনন আচরণ পরিপক্কতা | প্রজনন | ডিম ছাড়া | ডিমসমূহ | ডিম্বধারন ক্ষমতা | শুককীট
Allen, G.R., M.V. Erdmann and M. Mongdong, 2019. Vanderhorstia dawnarnallae, a new species of shrimpgoby (Pisces: Gobiidae) from West Papua, Indonesia. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 33:89-98. (Ref. 123061)
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