Rimicola
| Rimicola | |
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| Rimcola eigenmanni | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Gobiesocidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobiesocinae |
| Genus: | Rimicola D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Gobiesox muscarum Meek & Pierson, 1895[1]
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Rimicola is a genus of clingfishes found along the coasts of the eastern Pacific Ocean.
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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Rimicola". FishBase. October 2012 version.
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