Starksia hoesei

Starksia hoesei, the hose blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California where it is known to occur at depths of from 24 to 32 m (79 to 105 ft).^[2] The specific name honours the ichthyologist Douglass F. Hoese of the Australian Museum in Sydney.^[3]

Starksia hoesei
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Labrisomidae
Genus:	Starksia
Species:	S. hoesei
Binomial name
Starksia hoesei Rosenblatt & L. R. Taylor, 1971