Starksia robertsoni
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| Female (length 22 mm) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Labrisomidae |
| Genus: | Starksia |
| Species: | S. robertsoni
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Starksia robertsoni, the Robertson's blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the Caribbean coast of Panama and Islas de Las Dos Hermanas near Portobelo. It was previously included in 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]
References
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- ^ Williams, J.T.; Craig, M.T. (2014). "Starksia robertsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T194911A2367701. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T194911A2367701.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2011ZooK...79...21B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.79.1045. PMC 3088046. PMID 21594143.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Starksia robertsoni". FishBase. October 2013 version.
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