Biology:Rimicola
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| 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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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
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Rimicola". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=4668.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Rimicola in FishBase. October 2012 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q1807827 entry
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