Biology:Starksia weigti
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Short description: Species of fish
| Starksia weigti | |
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| Male (length 25 mm) | |
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| Female (length 18 mm) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Labrisomidae |
| Genus: | Starksia |
| Species: | S. weigti
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| Binomial name | |
| Starksia weigti C. C. Baldwin & Castillo, 2011[2]
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Starksia weigti, the Weigt's blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny known only from the Caribbean coastal waters of Belize at depths of from 6 to 8 metres (20 to 26 ft). It was previously known as Starksia lepicoelia, and is also closely related to Starksia williamsi and Starksia robertsoni. It is named after Lee A. Weigt, head of the Smithsonian's Laboratories of Analytical Biology. Males of this species can reach a length of 2.4 cm (0.94 in) SL While females reach 1.9 cm (0.75 in).[3] >
References
- ↑ Williams, J.; Craig, M.T. (2014). "Starksia weigti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T194909A2367448. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T194909A2367448.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/194909/2367448. 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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.79.1045. PMID 21594143.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Starksia weigti" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q6407358 entry
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