''Starksia springeri'', the Springer's blenny, is a species 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 bl ...

blenny

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to the waters around

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where it is found at depths of from . It was originally known as ''

Starksia atlantica ''Starksia atlantica'', the smooth-eye blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the western central Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea where it inhabits coral reefs at depths of around . Description Adult ''Starksia atlantica'' can ...

'', and is also closely related to '' Starksia sangreyae''. The species is named after Victor G. Springer, a scientist from

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. Males can reach a length of SL while females grow to .

References

springeri Fish described in 2011 {{Labrisomidae-stub