hiramatsui, Vanderhorstia Iwata [A.], Shibukawa [K.] & Ohnishi [N.] 2007:192, Figs. 1C, 3, 4A-B [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) Supplement No. 1; ref. 29101] Tsutome-zaki Point, Issai, Ostuki, Kochi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan, depth 42 meters. Holotype: NSMT-P 73120. Paratypes: NSMT-P 73121 (1). Additional material: images (see original text). •Valid as Vanderhorstia hiramatsui Iwata, Shibukawa & Ohnishi 2007 -- (Suzuki & Chen 2014:207 [ref. 33152], Allen et al. 2014:86 [ref. 33278], Allen et al. 2020:74 [ref. 37685], Parenti 2021:253 [ref. 38603], Allen et al. 2024:1363 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia hiramatsui Iwata, Shibukawa & Ohnishi 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: southern Japan and Philippines. Habitat: marine.