''Starksia williamsi'', the Williams'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 Blenny (from the Greek and , mucus, slime) is a common name for many types of fish, including several families of percomorph marine, brackish, and some freshwater fish sharing similar morphology and behaviour. Six families are considered "tru ...

known only from the

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in the Netherlands Antilles where it occurs at depths of from . It was previously known as '' Starksia lepicoelia'', and is also closely related to '' Starksia weigti'' and ''

Starksia robertsoni ''Starksia robertsoni'', the Robertson's blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the Caribbean coast of Panama and Islas de Las Dos Hermanas near Portobelo. It was previously included in '' Starksia lepicoelia'', and is also closely ...

''. It was named after Jeffrey T. Williams, a scientist from Smithsonian's

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known for his work on ''

Starksia ''Starksia'' is a genus of labrisomid blennies native to the western Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean. Their typical length is SL. The generic name honours the American ichthyologist Edwin Chapin Starks (1867-1932) of Stanford Un ...

''. This species can reach a length of . The specific name honours the

ichthyologist Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of October ...

Jeffrey T. Williams Jeffery T. Williams is an American ichthyologist. He is primarily interested in the systematics, taxonomy, and zoogeography of marine fishes. He is the retired Collections Manager in the Division of Fishes at the National Museum of Natural History ...

of the

who has worked extensively on the blenniiform fishes.

References

williamsi Fish described in 2011 {{Labrisomidae-stub