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Starksia hoesei Rosenblatt and Taylor, 1971
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Starksia hoesei
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Starksia hoesei

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Overview
Main identification features
  • nasal cirrus very long
  • body: 9 bars
  • tail fin clear
  • lips: 4 pair bars
Nape cirri leaf-like; nasal cirrus long (1/2 eye diameter in female, 2X eye diameter in male); eye cirrus slender, 1/3 eye-diameter long; dorsal XX-XXII, 9-10; no ridge or fold along anal fin base; anal II, 20-21, in male 1st spine (with penis) long & curved, extends well past other anal spine; pectoral fin 13-14 rays; 3rd pelvic spine not bound to 2nd; lateral line scales 41-43; belly scaleless; straight part of lateral line consisting of tubes.

(Preserved fish) Cheek & opercle with dark blotches; lips with 4 pairs of dark bars; body with 9 bars, thicker above than below; dorsal with dark basal spots from extensions of body bars; no dark spot on dorsal between 1st 2 spines; anal with dark bars or evenly pigmented; tail clear, with a few ill defined blotches; pectorals & pelvics clear, with dusky bases.

Size: 4.7 cm.

Habitat: rocky and rubble areas.

Depth: 25-35 m.

SW Gulf of California and around Guerrero, central Mexico.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos).
Depth Range Max: 35 m.
Depth Range Min: 25 m.
Diet: mobile benthic worms; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); octopus/squid/cuttlefish.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=27; Southern limit=19; Western limit=-112; Eastern limit=-103; Latitudinal range=8; Longitudinal range=9.
Egg Type: Live birth; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Rocks; Reef (rock &/or coral); Reef only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 4.7 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent only; Continent; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Cortez + Mexican provinces endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;


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References
  • Findley, L.T., Hendrickx, M.E., Brusca, R.C., van der Heiden, A.M., Hastings, P.A., Torre, J., 2003., Diversidad de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, Mexico., CD-ROM versión 1.0. Projecto de la Macrofauna del Golfo .  Derechos reservados de los autores y Conservación Internacional.
  • Rosenblatt , R.H. and Taylor, L.R., 1971., The Pacific species of the clinid fish tribe Starksiini., Pac. Sci., 25:436-463.
  • Thomson , D.A. , Findley , L.T. and Kerstitch, A.N., 2000., Reef fishes of the Sea of Cortez., University of Texas Press(Revised Ed.):353.

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