Starksia greenfieldi

Starksia greenfieldi
Adult male (15 mm length)
Adult female (19 mm length)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Blennioidei
Family: Labrisomidae
Genus: Starksia
Species: S. greenfieldi
Binomial name
Starksia greenfieldi
C. C. Baldwin & Castillo, 2011[2]

Starksia greenfieldi, the Greenfield's blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny endemic to the waters around the island of Tobago where it is found at depths of from 5 to 12 metres (16 to 39 ft). It is named after David W. Greenfield, known for his work on Blennioidei fishes. This species can reach a length of 1.9 centimetres (0.75 in) SL.[3]

References

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  1. Williams, J. & Craig, M.T. (2014). Starksia greenfieldi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T194913A2367988.en
  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 (79): 21–72. doi:10.3897/zookeys.79.1045. PMC 3088046Freely accessible. PMID 21594143.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Starksia greenfieldi" in FishBase. October 2013 version.


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