Starksia sluiteri
Starksia sluiteri, the chessboard blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean along the coast of Brazil including Atol das Rocas and St. Paul's Rocks. This species is an inhabitant of reefs where it prefers areas with rubble or crevices in which to hide. It can be found at depths of from 5 to 40 m (16 to 131 ft). This species can reach a length of 2.8 cm (1.1 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours the Dutch biologist and anatomist Carel Philip Sluiter (1854-1933), a specialist in tunicates.[3]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Labrisomidae |
| Genus: | Starksia |
| Species: | S. sluiteri |
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| Starksia sluiteri (Metzelaar, 1919) | |
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References
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- Williams, J.T. & Craig, M.T. (2014). "Starksia sluiteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T194912A2367847. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T194912A2367847.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Starksia sluiteri" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
- Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (10 November 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families CLINIDAE, LABRISOMIDAE and CHAENOPSIDAE". ETYFish Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
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