''Starksia'' is a genus of
labrisomid
Labrisomids are small blennioids (blennies), percomorph marine fish belonging to the family Labrisomidae. Found mostly in the tropical Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, the family contains about 110 species in 15 genera.
Stockier than the average ble ...
blennies native to the western
Atlantic Ocean
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and the eastern
Pacific Ocean
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.
[ Their typical length is SL. The generic name honours the ]American
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ichthyologist
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Edwin Chapin Starks
Edwin Chapin Starks (born in Baraboo, Wisconsin on January 25, 1867; died December 29, 1932) was an ichthyologist most associated with Stanford University. He was known as an authority on the osteology of fish. He also did studies of fish of the ...
(1867-1932) of Stanford University
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for his work on Pacific coastal fishes. As a genus ''Starksia'' is distinguished from other labrisomids by their scaled bodies, two obvious soft rays in the pelvic fin
Pelvic fins or ventral fins are paired fins located on the ventral (belly) surface of fish, and are the lower of the only two sets of paired fins (the other being the laterally positioned pectoral fins). The pelvic fins are homologous to the hi ...
and the male's have an intromittent organ
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which is near to or attached to the first spine of their anal fin
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s, which is also somewhat separated from the fin.
Species
There are currently 37 recognized species in this genus:Starksia brasiliensis
''Starksia brasiliensis'' is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the Atlantic coast of Brazil
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'' ( C. H. Gilbert, 1900)
* '' Starksia cremnobates'' ( C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Fugitive blenny)
* '' Starksia culebrae'' ( Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1899) (Culebra blenny)
* '' Starksia elongata'' C. R. Gilbert, 1971 (Elongate blenny)
* '' Starksia fasciata'' ( Longley, 1934) (Blackbar blenny)
* '' Starksia fulva'' Rosenblatt & L. R. Taylor, 1971 (Yellow blenny)
* ''Starksia galapagensis
''Starksia galapagensis'', the Galapagos blenny, is a species of labrisomid Blennioidei, blenny endemism, endemic to the Galapagos Islands. It inhabits rocky reefs with plentiful weed-growth at depths of from . This species can reach a length o ...
'' Rosenblatt & L. R. Taylor, 1971 (Galapagos blenny)
* '' Starksia grammilaga'' Rosenblatt & L. R. Taylor, 1971 (Pinstriped blenny)
* '' Starksia greenfieldi'' C. C. Baldwin & Castillo, 2011 (Greenfield's blenny)
* '' Starksia guadalupae'' Rosenblatt & L. R. Taylor, 1971 (Guadalupe blenny)
* '' Starksia guttata'' ( Fowler, 1931) (Spotted blenny)
* '' Starksia hassi'' Klausewitz, 1958 (Ringed blenny)
* '' Starksia hoesei'' Rosenblatt & L. R. Taylor, 1971 (Hose blenny)
* '' Starksia langi'' C. C. Baldwin & Castillo, 2011 (Lang's blenny)
* '' Starksia lepicoelia'' J. E. Böhlke & V. G. Springer, 1961 (Blackcheek blenny)
* ''Starksia lepidogaster
''Starksia lepidogaster'', the scalybelly blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny endemism, endemic to the Tres Marias Islands off the Pacific coast of Mexico. It can be found from very shallow waters to a depth of .
References
Stark ...
'' Rosenblatt & L. R. Taylor, 1971 (Scalybelly blenny)
* '' Starksia leucovitta'' J. T. Williams & Mounts, 2003 (Whitesaddle blenny)
* '' Starksia melasma'' J. T. Williams & Mounts, 2003 (Black spot blenny)
* '' Starksia multilepis'' J. T. Williams & Mounts, 2003 (Manyscaled blenny)
* '' Starksia nanodes'' J. E. Böhlke & V. G. Springer, 1961 (Dwarf blenny)
* '' Starksia occidentalis'' D. W. Greenfield, 1979 (Occidental blenny)
* '' Starksia ocellata'' (Steindachner
Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner descri ...
, 1876) (Checkered blenny)
* '' Starksia posthon'' Rosenblatt & L. R. Taylor, 1971 (Brown-spotted blenny)
* '' Starksia rava'' J. T. Williams & Mounts, 2003 (Tawny blenny)
* '' Starksia robertsoni'' C. C. Baldwin, Victor & Castillo, 2011 (Robertson's blenny)
* '' Starksia sangreyae'' Castillo & C. C. Baldwin, 2011 (Sangrey's blenny)
* '' Starksia sella'' J. T. Williams & Mounts, 2003 (Darksaddle blenny)
* '' Starksia sluiteri'' ( Metzelaar, 1919) (Chessboard blenny)
* '' Starksia smithvanizi'' J. T. Williams & Mounts, 2003 (Brokenbar blenny)
* '' Starksia spinipenis'' ( Al-Uthman, 1960) (Phallic blenny)
* '' Starksia splendens'' Victor, 2018
References
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Labrisomidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
Taxa named by Barton Warren Evermann