''Rimicola'' is a

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clingfish Clingfishes are ray-finned fishes of the family Gobiesocidae, the only family in the suborder Gobiesocoidei of the order Blenniiformes. These fairly small to very small fishes are widespread in tropical and temperate regions, mostly near the coa ...

es found along the coasts of the eastern

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Homonymy issue

''Rimicola'' has also been given as a name for a genus of isodiametrid

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s by Böhmig in 1908 which should thus be invalid as per Article 57 of the

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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'' (

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& Pierson, 1895) (Kelp clingfish) * '' Rimicola sila'' Briggs, 1955 (Guadalupe clingfish)

References

Gobiesocidae Taxa named by David Starr Jordan Taxa named by Barton Warren Evermann {{Gobiesociformes-stub