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Etymology: hiramatsui: Named after W. Hiramatsu, who collected the type specimens of this species (Ref. 75057).
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. [...] Wataru Hiramatsu was working at the Laboratory of Marine Biology, Kochi University when he collected the eponymous goby. Among his publications is: First record of the blenniid fish Laiphognathus multimaculatus from Japan (1990). (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 42 m (Ref. 75057). Subtropical; 36°N - 32°N, 132°E - 141°E (Ref. 75057)
Distribution
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Northwest Pacific: Izu Islands, off Pacific coast of middle of Honshu, and Kashiwa-jima Island, off southwest coast of Shikoku (Japan)
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 75057); 6.3 cm SL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 11. This species differs by having the following characters: 12 segmented rays on second dorsal fin; 38-39 longitudinal scale count; 15-16 predorsal scales; 16-17 transverse scale count from origin of second dorsal fin backward and downward to anal-fin base; pectoral-fin base broadly covered by cycloid scales; well developed connecting membrane between innermost rays; trough along posterior margin of eye well developed; almost entirely blackened operculum; cheek and occipital region scattered with minute yellow spots (and no yellow lines) (Ref. 75057).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Iwata, A., K. Shibukawa and N. Ohnishi, 2007. Three new species of the shrimp-associated Goby genus Vanderhorsitia (Perciformes:Gobiidae: Gobiinae) from Japan, with re-descriptions of two related congeners. Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci. Ser. A, Suppl. 1:185-205. (Ref. 75057)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00955 (0.00355 - 0.02566), b=3.03 (2.80 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.3 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).
