Rimicola is a genus of clingfishes found along the coasts of the eastern Pacific Ocean.
| Rimicola | |
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| Rimcola eigenmanni | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiesociformes |
| Family: | Gobiesocidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobiesocinae |
| Genus: | Rimicola D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Gobiesox muscarum Meek & Pierson, 1895[1]
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Homonymy issue edit
Rimicola has also been given as a name for a genus of isodiametrid flatworms by Böhmig in 1908 which should thus be invalid as per Article 57 of the ICZN.
Species edit
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Rimicola cabrilloi Briggs, 2002 (Channel Islands clingfish)
- Rimicola dimorpha Briggs, 1955 (Southern clingfish)
- Rimicola eigenmanni (C. H. Gilbert, 1890)
- Rimicola muscarum (Meek & Pierson, 1895) (Kelp clingfish)
- Rimicola sila Briggs, 1955 (Guadalupe clingfish)
References edit
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Rimicola". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Rimicola in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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