| Starksia | |
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| Starksia occidentalis | |
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| Starksia williamsi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Labrisomidae |
| Genus: | Starksia D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Labrosomus cremnobates C. H. Gilbert, 1890
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| Distribution of species in the S. atlantica, S. lepicoelia, and S. sluiteri groups. Circles show locations for genetically analyzed specimens.[1] | |
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Starksia is a genus of labrisomid blennies native to the western Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.[2] Their typical length is 2 cm (0.79 in) SL. The generic name honours the American ichthyologist Edwin Chapin Starks (1867-1932) of Stanford University for his work on Pacific coastal fishes.[3] 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.[4]
- ^ Baldwin, Carole; Castillo, Cristina; Weigt, Lee; Victor, Benjamin (2011). "Seven new species within western Atlantic Starksia atlantica, S. Lepicoelia, and S. Sluiteri (Teleostei, Labrisomidae), with comments on congruence of DNA barcodes and species". ZooKeys (79): 21–72. doi:10.3897/zookeys.79.1045. PMC 3088046. PMID 21594143.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
FishBasewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (10 November 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families CLINIDAE, LABRISOMIDAE and CHAENOPSIDAE". ETYFish Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ^ Benjamin C. Victor (2018). "Starksia splendens, a new endemic labrisomid blenny from the Cayman Islands (Teleostei: Labrisomidae)". Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 31: 54–73.