Starksia springeri

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| image =Starksia springeri.jpg

| image_caption = Adult, length 15 mm

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Williams, J.T. |author2=Craig, M.T. |date=2015 |title=Starksia springeri |volume=2015 |page=e.T194907A67937169 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T194907A67937169.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| taxon = Starksia springeri

| authority = Castillo & C. C. Baldwin, 2011{{cite journal|doi=10.3897/zookeys.79.1045 |title=Seven new species within western Atlantic Starksia atlantica, S. Lepicoelia, and S. Sluiteri (Teleostei, Labrisomidae), with comments on congruence of DNA barcodes and species |journal=ZooKeys |issue=79 |pages=21–72 |year=2011 |last1=Baldwin |first1=Carole |last2=Castillo |first2=Cristina |last3=Weigt |first3=Lee |last4=Victor |first4=Benjamin |pmid=21594143|pmc=3088046 |doi-access=free }}

| range_map = Starksia springeri range.png

}}

Starksia springeri, the Springer's blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny endemic to the waters around Curaçao where it is found at depths of from {{convert|1|to|25|m|ft|abbr=on}}. It was originally known as Starksia atlantica, and is also closely related to Starksia sangreyae. The species is named after Victor G. Springer, a scientist from Smithsonian Institution. Males can reach a length of {{convert|1.5|cm|in}} SL while females grow to {{convert|1.9|cm|in|abbr=on}}.{{FishBase |genus= Starksia|species= springeri| month = October | year = 2013}}

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Category:Fish described in 2011

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