Starksia robertsoni
| Starksia robertsoni | |
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| Male (length 20 mm) | |
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| Female (length 22 mm) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Blennioidei |
| Family: | Labrisomidae |
| Genus: | Starksia |
| Species: | S. robertsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Starksia robertsoni C. C. Baldwin, Victor & Castillo, 2011[2] | |
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Starksia robertsoni, the Robertson's blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the Caribbean coast of Panama. It was previously known as Starksia lepicoelia, and is also closely related to Starksia weigti and Starksia williamsi. It is named after D. Ross Robertson, a scientist from Smithsonian Institution. Males of this species can reach a length of 2.1 cm (0.83 in) SL while females are slightly larger at 2.2 cm (0.87 in).[3]
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- ↑ Williams, J.T. & Craig, M.T. (2014). Starksia robertsoni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T194911A2367701.en
- ↑ 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 (79): 21–72. doi:10.3897/zookeys.79.1045. PMC 3088046
. PMID 21594143. - ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Starksia robertsoni" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
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