rapa, Vanderhorstia Iwata [A.], Shibukawa [K.] & Ohnishi [N.] 2007:202, Figs. 1E, 2C, 4F-G, 6B [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) Supplement No. 1; ref. 29101] Off Sankakubae, Kashiwa-jima Island, off southwestern coast of Shikoku, Japan, depth 37 meters. Holotype (unique): NSMT-P 73119. Additional material: Published photographs (see original text). •Valid as Vanderhorstia rapa Iwata, Shibukawa & Ohnishi 2007 -- (Suzuki & Chen 2014:207 [ref. 33152], Allen et al. 2020:74 [ref. 37685], Parenti 2021:255 [ref. 38603], Allen et al. 2024:1363 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia rapa Iwata, Shibukawa & Ohnishi 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: southern Japan. Habitat: marine.