Species: Starksia fulva, Yellow blenny
Starksia fulva Rosenblatt & Taylor, 1971
Yellow blenny
Bluntly pointed head; teeth of jaws conical, curved, and pointed; roof of mouth with teeth only at front; a short (1/3 eye diameter), slender unbranched cirrus on each nostril & above eye; nape cirri slender to broad; roof of mouth with teeth at front & sides; dorsal fin XIX- XXI, 8-10, a notch between spines and rays; anal II, 17-18, 1st anal spine of male long, free from rest of fin, modified as sexual organ, male with tip of genital papilla extending slightly beyond fleshy tip of second anal fin spine; no ridge or fold along anal fin base; pectorals 14 (13-15); pelvic rays 2; lateral line scales 36-40; 5-8 scale rows across belly before anus.
Mottled dark brown to yellow brown; operculum densely spotted; prominent double black spots along bases of dorsal and anal fins; two round brown to black spots on pectoral fin base; median fins with small black spots, forming bars on tail fin.
Maximum size, 4.5 cm.
Habitat: occurs in sandy or weedy areas.
Depth: 0-5 m.
Costa Rica to Colombia.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Rocks
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Data
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Live birth
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continental TEP endemic
- Continent
- TEP endemic
- Continent only
- Panamic province endemic
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Max
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- 5
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Length Max
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- 4.5
