Starksia springeri

Species of fish

Starksia springeri

Adult, length 15 mm

Conservation status

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Blenniiformes
Family:  | Labrisomidae
Genus:  | Starksia
Species:  |

S. springeri

Binomial name
Starksia springeri

Castillo & C. C. Baldwin, 2011[2]

Starksia springeri, the Springer's blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny endemic to the waters around Curaçao where it is found at depths of from 1 to 25 m (3.3 to 82.0 ft). It was originally known as Starksia atlantica, and is also closely related to Starksia sangreyae. The species is named after Victor G. Springer, a scientist from Smithsonian Institution. Males can reach a length of 1.5 centimetres (0.59 in) SL while females grow to 1.9 cm (0.75 in).[3]

## References

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1. ^ Williams, J.T.; Craig, M.T. (2015). "Starksia springeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T194907A67937169. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T194907A67937169.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. ^ Baldwin, Carole; Castillo, Cristina; Weigt, Lee; Victor, Benjamin (2011). "Seven new species within western Atlantic Starksia atlantica, S. Lepicoelia, and S. Sluiteri (Teleostei, Labrisomidae), with comments on congruence of DNA barcodes and species". ZooKeys (79): 21–72. doi:10.3897/zookeys.79.1045. PMC 3088046. PMID 21594143.
3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Starksia springeri". FishBase. October 2013 version.

Taxon identifiers

Starksia springeri|

* Wikidata: Q6407853
* Wikispecies: Starksia springeri
* BOLD: 374832
* CoL: 4ZKRL
* FishBase: 65910
* GBIF: 5853585
* iNaturalist: 446533
* IRMNG: 11897619
* IUCN: 194907
* NCBI: 937510
* Open Tree of Life: 944970
* WoRMS: 593466
* ZooBank: 495CE72B-82CD-4A2B-B192-ACAA389F40FC

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