Species: Starksia grammilaga, Pinstriped blenny, Side-lined blenny
pale bar behind eye
LL 36-39
Starksia grammilaga Rosenblatt & Taylor, 1971
Pinstriped blenny, Side-lined blenny
Bluntly pointed head; nape cirri slender, small; nasal cirrus moderate (1/3-1/2 longer than nasal tube); eye cirrus slender, 1/3-1/2 eye-diameter long; dorsal fin XIX- XX, 7-9, a notch between spines and rays; anal II, 16-18, 1st anal spine of male long, longer than 2nd, free from rest of fin, modified as sexual organ, tip of organ reaching past tip of spine; no ridge or fold along anal fin base; pectorals 13-14; pelvic rays 3, 3rd ray tightly bound to 2nd, hard to distinguish; lateral line scales 36-39; belly scaleless; straight part of lateral line consisting of tubes.
(Preserved fish) Head & body dusky; cheek with light, dark-bordered bar; lips dark; body with scattered squarish spots, rear ½ with 6-8 light, dark-bordered horizontal lines parallel to scale rows, 8-10 dark blotches along dorsal fin base; pectoral base dark.
Size: 3.2 cm.
Habitat: rocky areas.
Depth: 3-30 m?
SW Gulf of California and Mazatlan to Oaxaca, Mexico.
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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
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Rocks
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- No Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Live birth
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continental TEP endemic
- TEP endemic
- Continent only
- Cortez + Mexican provinces endemic
- Continent
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 3.2
- Depth Range Min
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- 3
- Depth Range Max
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- 30
