Species: Starksia cremnobates, Fugitive blenny, Rock-haunt blenny
rear LL: pores (not tubes)
Starksia cremnobates (Gilbert, 1890)
Fugitive blenny, Rock-haunt blenny
Bluntly pointed head; nape cirri short, or absent; nasal cirrus very short, shorter than nasal tube, or absent, eye cirrus slender, 1/2 eye diameter; roof of mouth with teeth at front & (sometimes) sides; dorsal fin XXII, 8, a notch between spines and rays; anal II, 19, 1st anal spine of male long, free from rest of fin, modified as sexual organ of unknown form; no ridge or fold along anal fin base; pectorals 13; pelvic rays 2; lateral line scales 39; belly scaleless; straight part of lateral line consisting of pores, with a few tubes .
Head & body uniform light olive; small dark spot behind eye, another below & behind it; opercle dusky; eye ringed with black; rays of soft dorsal, anal & tail may be barred.
Size: 3.6 cm.
Habitat: rocky areas.
Depth: 40-60 m.
Endemic to the Gulf of California.
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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 only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Rocks
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- No Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Live birth
- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- TEP endemic
- Cortez province endemic
- Continental TEP endemic
- Continent only
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 3.6
- Depth Range Min
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- 40
- Depth Range Max
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- 60
