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Starksia
Starksia is a genus of labrisomid blennies native to the western Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean. Their typical length is 2 cm (0.79 in) SL. The generic name honours the American ichthyologist Edwin Chapin Starks (1867-1932) of Stanford University 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 and the male's have an intromittent organ which is near to or attached to the first spine of their anal fins, which is also somewhat separated from the fin.
38 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 38 known species
Ringed Blenny
speciesStarksia hassi
Starksia spinipenis
speciesStarksia spinipenis
Starksia lepicoelia
speciesStarksia lepicoelia
Checkered Blenny
speciesStarksia ocellata
Williams’s blenny
speciesStarksia williamsi
Starksia splendens
speciesStarksia splendens
Brokenbar Blenny
speciesStarksia smithvanizi
Starksia greenfieldi
speciesStarksia greenfieldi
Starksia sluiteri
speciesStarksia sluiteri
Springer's Blenny
speciesStarksia springeri
Weigt's Blenny
speciesStarksia weigti
Starksia culebrae
speciesStarksia culebrae
Galápagos Blenny
speciesStarksia galapagensis
Starksia multilepis
speciesStarksia multilepis
Blackbar Blenny
speciesStarksia fasciata
Starksia sella
speciesStarksia sella
Starksia occidentalis
speciesStarksia occidentalis
Starksia cremnobates
speciesStarksia cremnobates
Yellow blenny
speciesStarksia fulva
Starksia grammilaga
speciesStarksia grammilaga
Starksia hoesei
speciesStarksia hoesei
Starksia lepidogaster
speciesStarksia lepidogaster
Tawny Blenny
speciesStarksia rava
Starksia guadalupae
speciesStarksia guadalupae
Starksia brasiliensis
speciesStarksia brasiliensis
Starksia guttata
speciesStarksia guttata
Starksia elongata
speciesStarksia elongata
Black Spot Blenny
speciesStarksia melasma
Dwarf Blenny
speciesStarksia nanodes
Forked bar blenny
speciesStarksia y-lineata
Starksia variabilis
speciesStarksia variabilis
Smootheye Blenny
speciesStarksia atlantica
Starksia sangreyae
speciesStarksia sangreyae
Starksia starcki
speciesStarksia starcki
Starksia langi
speciesStarksia langi
Starksia robertsoni
speciesStarksia robertsoni
Whitesaddle blenny
speciesStarksia leucovitta
Starksia posthon
speciesStarksia posthon
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 92197.