Species: Starksia robertsoni, Robertson’s blenny
lips - no bars/spots
Starksia robertsoni Baldwin, Victor & Castillo, 2011
Robertson’s blenny
Body elongate, compressed; bluntly pointed head; eye, nostril and nape cirri unbranched; dorsal fin XX (XIX-XX), 7, 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; anal fin II, 15 (15-16); pectorals 13 (13-14); pelvic fins I (internal), 2, inserted before pectoral base; all fin rays unbranched; lateral line continuous, front section arched, rear section straight; belly and pectoral fin base completely scaled; smooth scales on rear of body.
Body usually pale red-brown, occasionally with indistinct narrow pale bars; no dark marks on lips of either sex, but dark marks on lower jaws; preoperculum of male with a dark blotch; preserved male with 1-3 small darks spots or bars on lower jaw; body scales each with a short dark bar; a small dark spot on body edge under end of dorsal and anal fins; a row of small dark spots along the dorsal and anal fin membranes, another row in from the outer edge of the anal fin.
Reaches 3.5 cm.
Lives in live coral areas, usually on dropoffs.
Depth range: 1-27 m.
The SW Caribbean.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- 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)
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Live birth
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent + Island (s)
- Caribbean endemic
- Continent
- All species..
- GC endemic
- Continental primarily
- 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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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 3.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 27
