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 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.
Species
There are currently 37 recognized species in this genus:- Starksia atlantica Longley, 1934
- Starksia brasiliensis
- Starksia cremnobates
- Starksia culebrae
- Starksia elongata C. R. Gilbert, 1971
- Starksia fasciata
- Starksia fulva Rosenblatt & L. R. Taylor, 1971
- Starksia galapagensis Rosenblatt & L. R. Taylor, 1971
- Starksia grammilaga Rosenblatt & L. R. Taylor, 1971
- Starksia greenfieldi C. C. Baldwin & Castillo, 2011
- Starksia guadalupae Rosenblatt & L. R. Taylor, 1971
- Starksia guttata
- Starksia hassi Klausewitz, 1958
- Starksia hoesei Rosenblatt & L. R. Taylor, 1971
- Starksia langi C. C. Baldwin & Castillo, 2011
- Starksia lepicoelia J. E. Böhlke & V. G. Springer, 1961
- Starksia lepidogaster Rosenblatt & L. R. Taylor, 1971
- Starksia leucovitta J. T. Williams & Mounts, 2003
- Starksia melasma J. T. Williams & Mounts, 2003
- Starksia multilepis J. T. Williams & Mounts, 2003
- Starksia nanodes J. E. Böhlke & V. G. Springer, 1961
- Starksia occidentalis David [Wayne Greenfield|D. W. Greenfield], 1979
- Starksia ocellata
- Starksia posthon Rosenblatt & L. R. Taylor, 1971
- Starksia rava J. T. Williams & Mounts, 2003
- Starksia robertsoni C. C. Baldwin, Victor & Castillo, 2011
- Starksia sangreyae Castillo & C. C. Baldwin, 2011
- Starksia sella J. T. Williams & Mounts, 2003
- Starksia sluiteri
- Starksia smithvanizi J. T. Williams & Mounts, 2003
- Starksia spinipenis
- Starksia splendens Victor, 2018
- Starksia springeri Castillo & C. C. Baldwin, 2011
- Starksia starcki C. R. Gilbert, 1971
- Starksia variabilis D. W. Greenfield, 1979
- Starksia weigti C. C. Baldwin & Castillo, 2011
- Starksia williamsi C. C. Baldwin & Castillo, 2011
- Starksia y-lineata C. R. Gilbert, 1965