Vanderhorstia mertensi
| Vanderhorstia mertensi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Vanderhorstia |
| Species: | V. mertensi |
| Binomial name | |
| Vanderhorstia mertensi Klausewitz, 1974 | |
Vanderhorstia mertensi, Mertens' shrimp goby or the slender shrimp goby, is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobiidae, the gobies. This species is native to the Indo-Pacific region, as well as having colonised the Eastern Mediterranean, probably through the Suez Canal.