Species: Starksia elongata, Elongate blenny
Starksia elongata Gilbert, 1971
Elongate blenny
Body elongate, compressed; bluntly pointed head; eye, nostril and nape cirri unbranched; dorsal fin XXI (XX-XXI), 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; pectorals 14; pelvic fins I (internal), 2, inserted before pectoral base; all fin rays unbranched; lateral line continuous, front section arched, rear section straight, usually 17-18 + 21 (20-22) scales; belly naked; smooth scales on rear of body.
Pale grey-brown to reddish brown; body with 7 narrow dark bars separated by broad (twice as wide) interspaces, those bars extending onto bases of dorsal and anal fins; irregular white spots on the pale interspaces; an irregular dark stripe back from eye meets a dark blotch with a white spot in its center on operculum; tail fin base with 2 narrow dark blotches.
Reaches 3.2 cm.
Habitat coral formations and surge channels on windward reefs.
Depth range: 0-6 m.
The Bahamas to the southern 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 only
- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Sessile worms
- Data
- 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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- Continent
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- All species..
- Continent + Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 3.2
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 6
