Starksia leucovitta
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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Labrisomidae |
| Genus: | Starksia |
| Species: | S. leucovitta |
| Binomial name | |
| Starksia leucovitta J. T. Williams & Mounts, 2003 | |
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References
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- Williams, J.T. & Craig, M.T. (2015). "Starksia leucovitta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T154811A46215259. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T154811A46215259.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Starksia leucovitta" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
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