Species: Starksia culebrae, Culebra blenny
pectoral base: 2 red dots
Starksia culebrae (Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
Culebra blenny
Body elongate, compressed; bluntly pointed head; eye, nostril and nape cirri unbranched; dorsal fin XXI (XX-XXII), 8 (7-9), a notch between spines and rays; 1st anal spine of male long, free from rest of fin, modified as sexual organ, no ridge or fold along anal fin base; fin II, 17-19; pectorals usually 14; pelvic fins I (internal), 2, inserted before pectoral base; all fin rays unbranched; lateral line continuous, front section arched, rear section straight, 17 (16-19) + 21 (20-22) scales; belly naked; smooth scales on rear of body.
Head with a broad unbranched pale area from eye onto operculum; lips with black bars, a meshwork of small blackish blotches on body, those at top of body form a row of ~6 very dark blotches, each containing 2 red spots, that extend onto the dorsal fin; no dark bar on pectoral base, but two reddish, dark ringed spots.
Reaches 3.7 cm.
Lives on lagoonal reefs.
Depth range: 0-10 m.
E to SE Caribbean.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Rocks
- Corals
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Sessile worms
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Live birth
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- GC endemic
- Island (s) only
- All species..
- Island (s)
- Antilles endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 3.7
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 10
