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 (1867-1932) 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 <small>Longley, 1934</small> (Smooth-eye blenny)
- Starksia brasiliensis <small>(C. H. Gilbert, 1900)</small>
- Starksia cremnobates <small>(C. H. Gilbert, 1890)</small> (Fugitive blenny)
- Starksia culebrae <small>(Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1899)</small> (Culebra blenny)
- Starksia elongata <small>C. R. Gilbert, 1971</small> (Elongate blenny)
- Starksia fasciata <small>(Longley, 1934)</small> (Blackbar blenny)
- Starksia fulva <small>Rosenblatt & L. R. Taylor, 1971</small> (Yellow blenny)
- Starksia galapagensis <small>Rosenblatt & L. R. Taylor, 1971</small> (Galapagos blenny)
- Starksia grammilaga <small>Rosenblatt & L. R. Taylor, 1971</small> (Pinstriped blenny)
- Starksia greenfieldi <small>C. C. Baldwin & Castillo, 2011</small> (Greenfield's blenny)
- Starksia guadalupae <small>Rosenblatt & L. R. Taylor, 1971</small> (Guadalupe blenny)
- Starksia guttata <small>(Fowler, 1931)</small> (Spotted blenny)
- Starksia hassi <small>Klausewitz, 1958</small> (Ringed blenny)
- Starksia hoesei <small>Rosenblatt & L. R. Taylor, 1971</small> (Hose blenny)
- Starksia langi <small>C. C. Baldwin & Castillo, 2011</small> (Lang's blenny)
- Starksia lepicoelia <small>J. E. Böhlke & V. G. Springer, 1961</small> (Blackcheek blenny)
- Starksia lepidogaster <small>Rosenblatt & L. R. Taylor, 1971</small> (Scalybelly blenny)
- Starksia leucovitta <small>J. T. Williams & Mounts, 2003</small> (Whitesaddle blenny)
- Starksia melasma <small>J. T. Williams & Mounts, 2003</small> (Black spot blenny)
- Starksia multilepis <small>J. T. Williams & Mounts, 2003</small> (Manyscaled blenny)
- Starksia nanodes <small>J. E. Böhlke & V. G. Springer, 1961</small> (Dwarf blenny)
- Starksia occidentalis <small>D. W. Greenfield, 1979</small> (Occidental blenny)
- Starksia ocellata <small>(Steindachner, 1876)</small> (Checkered blenny)
- Starksia posthon <small>Rosenblatt & L. R. Taylor, 1971</small> (Brown-spotted blenny)
- Starksia rava <small>J. T. Williams & Mounts, 2003</small> (Tawny blenny)
- Starksia robertsoni <small>C. C. Baldwin, Victor & Castillo, 2011</small> (Robertson's blenny)
- Starksia sangreyae <small>Castillo & C. C. Baldwin, 2011</small> (Sangrey's blenny)
- Starksia sella <small>J. T. Williams & Mounts, 2003</small> (Darksaddle blenny)
- Starksia sluiteri <small>(Metzelaar, 1919)</small> (Chessboard blenny)
- Starksia smithvanizi <small>J. T. Williams & Mounts, 2003</small> (Brokenbar blenny)
- Starksia spinipenis <small>(Al-Uthman, 1960)</small> (Phallic blenny)
- Starksia splendens <small>Victor, 2018</small> (Splendid shy blenny)
- Starksia springeri <small>Castillo & C. C. Baldwin, 2011</small> (Springer's blenny)
- Starksia starcki <small>C. R. Gilbert, 1971</small> (Key blenny)
- Starksia variabilis <small>D. W. Greenfield, 1979</small> (Variable blenny)
- Starksia weigti <small>C. C. Baldwin & Castillo, 2011</small> (Weigt's blenny)
- Starksia williamsi <small>C. C. Baldwin & Castillo, 2011</small> (Williams's blenny)
- Starksia y-lineata <small>C. R. Gilbert, 1965</small> (Forked bar blenny)
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