Species: Starksia nanodes, Dwarf blenny
Starksia nanodes Bohlke & Springer, 1961
Dwarf blenny
Body elongate, compressed; bluntly pointed head; eye, nostril and nape cirri unbranched; dorsal fin XVIII, 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 usually 13-14; pelvic fins I (internal), 2, inserted before pectoral base; all fin rays unbranched; lateral line continuous, front section arched, rear section straight, 13 (12-14) + 21 (20-22) scales; belly and pectorals naked; smooth scales on rear of body.
Pale brown; a broad white band between eyes with a narrow extension down the middle of the snout; an oblique dark blotch down and back from eye; body with a series of ~7 indistinct reddish-brown bars with narrow interspaces, upper part of interspaces may be white, both bars and interspaces extend onto dorsal fin, the former as spots; a pair of large fan-shaped dark brown blotches with a thin white bar behind them at base of tail fin.
Reaches 2.2 cm.
Lives in coral-rich areas, typically on dropoffs.
Depth range: 11-30 m.
The Bahamas to the S 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 + Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Continent
- All species..
- Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 2.2
- Depth Range Min
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- 11
- Depth Range Max
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- 30
