Starksia leucovitta

Starksia leucovitta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Blennioidei
Family: Labrisomidae
Genus: Starksia
Species: S. leucovitta
Binomial name
Starksia leucovitta
J. T. Williams & Mounts, 2003

Starksia leucovitta, the whitesaddle blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny only known to occur on the reefs around Navassa Island in the Caribbean Sea where it can be found from near the surface to a depth of 30 m (98 ft). This species can reach a length of 2.5 cm (0.98 in) SL.[2]

References

  1. Chao, N.L., McEachran, J. & Williams, J. (2010). Starksia leucovitta. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 15 December 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Starksia leucovitta" in FishBase. October 2013 version.


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