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Rimicola

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Gobiesociformes

Phylum
  
Chordata

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Gobiesocidae

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Tomicodon, Lepadichthys, Cochleoceps

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

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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:

  • 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

    Rimicola Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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