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Rimicola

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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

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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

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There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[2]

References

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  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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Rimicola". FishBase. October 2012 version.