Species: Starksia guttata, Spotted blenny
Y shaped pale area behind eye +/- spots
belly & lower head - no dark spots
Starksia guttata (Fowler, 1931)
Spotted blenny
Body elongate, compressed; bluntly pointed head; eye, nostril and nape cirri unbranched; dorsal fin XXI (XX-XXII), 8 (8-9), 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 usually 14; pelvic fins I (internal), 2, inserted before pectoral base; all fin rays unbranched; lateral line continuous, front section arched, rear section straight, 17-18 (15-18) + 21 (20-22) scales; belly naked; smooth scales on rear of body.
Pale; body with irregular dark brown spots that are larger above than below; lower head and belly without small dark spots; a broad pale stripe behind eye extends as a Y onto operculum, sometimes with dark spots on that area; lips without black bars; no dark bar on pectoral base; dorsal, anal and tail fins strongly marked with rows of brown to reddish spots.
Reaches 4.6 cm.
Found in eroded rock and coral.
Depth range: 5-45 m.
The SE Caribbean.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- 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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- Antilles endemic
- All species..
- Island (s)
- Island (s) only
- GC endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 4.6
- Depth Range Min
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- 5
- Depth Range Max
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- 45
