Starksia robertsoni Baldwin, Victor & Castillo 2011

This species of Starksia is distinguished by the following set of characters: orbital cirrus present; belly scaled; trunk pale to dark tan (dark orange/tan to bright orange in life), without distinct bars or other markings; lips without conspicuous white spotting in life; ventral surface of lower jaw of males with one to three dark blotches or bars in preserved specimens, lips without distinct banding or dark bars; dorsal-fin elements usually XX,7 – 27 total; vertebrae usually 10+22=32; dorsal spines + anal soft rays + vertebrae modally 75 (Ref. 86414).

Dorsal spines (total): 19 - 20; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 16; Vertebrae: 31 - 32

Depth range (5-15 m) given by B. Victor (pers. comm. 10/18).

Starksia robertsoni, the Robertson's blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the Caribbean coast of Panama and Islas de Las Dos Hermanas near Portobelo. It was previously known as Starksia lepicoelia, and is also closely related to Starksia weigti and Starksia williamsi. It is named after D. Ross Robertson, a scientist from Smithsonian Institution. Males of this species can reach a length of 2.1 cm (0.83 in) SL while females are slightly larger at 2.2 cm (0.87 in).

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SeeTable 2. Dorsal spines XIX–XX, usually XX (XX in holotype); segmented dorsal rays 7; total dorsal elements 26–27, usually 27 (27); anal spines II; segmented anal rays 15–17, usually 16 (16); dorsal segmented caudal-fin rays 7; ventral segmented caudal-fin rays 6; dorsal procurrent caudal-fin rays 5–6 (5); ventral procurrent caudal-fin rays 3–6 (3); segmented pelvic-fin rays 2; pectoral-fin rays 13–14, usually 13 (13); vertebrae 10+21–22=31 or 32, usually 10+22=32 (10+21=31); infraorbital series with one pair of pores at 3 o’clock; orbital, nape, and anterior-nostril cirri present; belly and pectoral-fin base completely scaled. Specimens examined ranging from 16.0–22.0 mm SL; HL 32–36% SL (32); male genital-papilla length between one-half and three-fourths length of first anal spine, papilla 0.6–1.9 mm and free from spine.

Known only from Panama (Atlantic)