Starksia
| Starksia | |
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| Starksia occidentalis | |
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| Starksia williamsi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Blennioidei |
| Family: | Labrisomidae |
| Genus: | Starksia D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Labrosomus cremnobates C. H. Gilbert, 1890 | |
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| Distribution of species in the S. atlantica, S. lepicoelia, and S. sluiteri groups. Circles show locations for genetically analyzed specimens.[1] | |
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Starksia is a genus of labrisomid blennies native to the western Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.[2] Their typical length is 2 cm (0.79 in) SL.
Species
There are currently 37 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Starksia atlantica Longley, 1934 (Smooth-eye blenny)
- Starksia brasiliensis (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 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 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, 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 springeri Castillo & C. C. Baldwin, 2011 (Springer's blenny)
- Starksia starcki C. R. Gilbert, 1971 (Key blenny)
- Starksia variabilis D. W. Greenfield, 1979 (Variable blenny)
- Starksia weigti C. C. Baldwin & Castillo, 2011 (Weigt's blenny)
- Starksia williamsi C. C. Baldwin & Castillo, 2011 (Williams's blenny)
- Starksia y-lineata C. R. Gilbert, 1965 (Forked bar blenny)
References
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- ↑ Baldwin, Carole; Castillo, Cristina; Weigt, Lee; Victor, Benjamin (2011). "Seven new species within western Atlantic Starksia atlantica, S. Lepicoelia, and S. Sluiteri (Teleostei, Labrisomidae), with comments on congruence of DNA barcodes and species". ZooKeys. 79 (79): 21–72. doi:10.3897/zookeys.79.1045. PMC 3088046
. PMID 21594143. - 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Starksia in FishBase. October 2013 version.
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