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© Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006
· 12 Starksia spinipenis |
© Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006
· 12 Starksia spinipenis |
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© Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006
· 12 Starksia posthon |
© Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006
· 12 Starksia grammilaga |
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© Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006
· 12 Starksia cremnobates |
© Copyright Gerald Allen, 2006
· 0 Starksia galapagensis |
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© Copyright Gerald Allen, 2006
· 0 Starksia posthon |
© Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002
· 0 Starksia posthon |
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© Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002
· 0 Starksia posthon |
© Copyright Gerald Allen, 2006
· 0 Starksia fulva |
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© Copyright Gerald Allen, 2006
· 0 Starksia fulva |
© Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002
· 0 Starksia fulva |
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© Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002
· 0 Starksia fulva |
© Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002
· 0 Starksia fulva |
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© Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006
· 12 Starksia |
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Overview |
Main identification features
- cirri: simple, nape and eye
- d: front not high, notch behind spines
- a: male - 1st spine long, free, = sex organ
- a: base without fleshy crest
STARKSIA
BLENNIES
Bluntly pointed head; nostril, eye and nape cirri unbranched, sometimes leaf-like; 1st anal spine of male long, free from rest of fin, modified as sexual organ; no ridge or fold along anal fin base; no dark spot on dorsal between 1st 2 spines; notch between spines and rays of dorsal fin.
A neotropical genus of 29 species; 9 endemics occur in the eastern Pacific, 7 of them in our region.
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References |
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- Van der Heiden , A. M. and Findley, L. T., 1988., Lista de los peces marinos del sur de Sinaloa, México., Anales del Centro de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia de la Universidad Autonoma Nacional de Mexico, 15:209-224.
- Villareal-Cavazos, A., Reyes-Bonilla, H., Bermúdez-Almada, B. and Arizpe-Covarrubias, O., 2000., Los peces del arrecife de Cabo Pulmo, Golfo de California, México: Lista sistemática y aspectos de abundancia y biogeografía., Rev. Biol. Trop., 48:413-424.
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