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 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