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". 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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