Species: Starksia lepidogaster, Scaly-bellied blenny
LL 35-36
Starksia lepidogaster Rosenblatt & Taylor, 1971
Scaly-bellied blenny
Bluntly pointed head; nape cirrus a triangular flap, nostril cirrus long (2-3x length of nostril tube), eye cirrus slender, 1/3-1/2 eye-diameter long; roof of mouth with teeth at front but not sides; dorsal fin XIX-XX, 7-8, a notch between spines and rays; anal II, 17, 1st anal spine of male free from rest of fin, modified as sexual organ relatively short, as long as 2nd spine; no ridge or fold along anal fin base; pectorals 12-14; pelvic rays 3, 3rd ray bound to 2nd for 2/3 its length; lateral line scales 35-36; belly entirely scaled; straight part of lateral line consisting of tubes.
Body dusky, with 6 bars, last 2 in form of Y, 1st 5 under spiny dorsal, last under soft dorsal; dorsal pale, with body-bar extensions on its base; tail & anal pale.
Size: 2.4 cm.
Habitat: rocky areas.
Depth: 0-15 m?
Tres Marias Islands (Mexico).
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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 (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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- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- No Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Egg Type
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- Live birth
- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- TEP endemic
- All species
- Continental TEP endemic
- Continent only
- Continent
- Mexican province endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Data deficient
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 15
- Length Max
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- 2.4
