ambanoro, Cryptocentrus Fourmanoir [P.] 1957:245, Fig. 159 [Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar. Série F. Océanographie v. 1; ref. 11992] Ambanoro Bay, Nosy Be [Nossi-Bé], Mozambique Channel, Madagascar, depth 6-10 meters. Holotype (unique): IRSMNB (lost). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:53 [ref. 19958] as no types at MNHN. •Valid as Vanderhorstia ambanoro (Fourmanoir 1957) -- (Randall et al. 1990:412 [ref. 15987], Randall & Goren 1993:24 [ref. 21131], Kuiter 1997:350 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:412 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:241 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1234 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:416 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:122 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Satapoomin & Winterbottom 2002:62 [ref. 26168], Nakabo 2002:1234 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:643 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Shibukawa & Suzuki 2004:116 [ref. 28014], Randall 2005:559 [ref. 28239], Greenfield & Longenecker 2005:622 [ref. 28487], Hoese & Larson 2006:1695 [ref. 29097], Shao et al. 2008:262 [ref. 29952], Shibukawa 2009:289 [ref. 30449], Freinschlag & Patzner 2012:42 [ref. 31789], Allen & Erdmann 2012:887 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:270 [ref. 32706], Suzuki & Chen 2014:207 [ref. 33152], Fricke et al. 2014:177 [ref. 33932], Daly et al. 2018:5 [ref. 35897], Fricke et al. 2018:344 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:163 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:293 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:252 [ref. 38603], Wada et al. 2021:50 [ref. 38521], Larson 2022:152 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:26 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia ambanoro (Fourmanoir 1957). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Amirantes (Seychelles) and Madagascar east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to New Caledonia. Replaced in northern Red Sea by V. opercularis Randall 2007. Habitat: marine.