Rimicola
Rimcola eigenmanni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

Rimicola is a genus of clingfishes found along the coasts of the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Homonymy issue

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

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

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Rimicola". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Rimicola in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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