Species: Starksia hoesei, Hoese's blenny, Hose blenny
LL 41-43
Starksia hoesei Rosenblatt & Taylor, 1971
Hose blenny, Hoese's blenny
Bluntly pointed head; nape cirri flattened, 1/3 as wide as long; nasal cirrus long (½ eye diameter in female, 2x eye diameter in male); eye cirrus slender, 1/3 eye-diameter long; dorsal fin XX-XXII, 9-10, a notch between spines and rays; anal II, 20-21, 1st anal spine of male free from rest of fin, modified as sexual organ long & curved, extends well past other anal spine; pectorals 13-14; pelvic rays 3, 3rd ray not bound to 2nd; lateral line scales 41-43; belly scaleless; straight part of lateral line mostly consisting of tubes.
(Preserved fish) Cheek & opercle with dark blotches; lips with 4 pairs of dark bars; body with 9 bars, thicker above than below; dorsal with dark basal spots from extensions of body bars; anal with dark bars or evenly pigmented; tail clear, with a few ill defined blotches; pectorals & pelvics clear, with dusky bases.
Size: 4.7 cm.
Habitat: rocky and rubble areas.
Depth: 25-35 m.
SW Gulf of California and around Guerrero, central Mexico.
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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
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Rocks
- Reef only
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- No Data
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Live birth
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Cortez + Mexican provinces endemic
- TEP endemic
- Continent
- Continental TEP endemic
- All species
- Continent only
- 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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- Data deficient
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 4.7
- Depth Range Min
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- 25
- Depth Range Max
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- 35
