# Rimicola

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Rimcola eigenmanni.jpeg
| image_caption = ''Rimcola eigenmanni''
| taxon = Rimicola
| authority = [D. S. Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan) & [Evermann](/source/Barton_Warren_Evermann), 1896
| type_species= ''Gobiesox muscarum''
| type_species_authority = Meek & Pierson, 1895<ref name = CofF>{{Cof record|genid=4668|title=''Rimicola''|access-date=17 June 2019}}</ref>
}}

'''''Rimicola''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [clingfish](/source/clingfish)es found along the coasts of the eastern [Pacific Ocean](/source/Pacific_Ocean).

== Homonymy issue ==
''Rimicola'' has also been given as a name for a genus of [isodiametrid](/source/Isodiametridae) [flatworm](/source/flatworm)s by Böhmig in 1908 which should thus be invalid as per Article 57 of the [ICZN](/source/International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature).

==Species==
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Rimicola| month = October | year = 2012}}</ref>
* ''[Rimicola cabrilloi](/source/Rimicola_cabrilloi)'' <small>[Briggs](/source/John_Carmon_Briggs), 2002</small> (Channel Islands clingfish)
* ''[Rimicola dimorpha](/source/Rimicola_dimorpha)'' <small>[Briggs](/source/John_Carmon_Briggs), 1955</small> (Southern clingfish)
* ''[Rimicola eigenmanni](/source/Rimicola_eigenmanni)'' <small>([C. H. Gilbert](/source/Charles_Henry_Gilbert), 1890)</small>
* ''[Rimicola muscarum](/source/Rimicola_muscarum)'' <small>([Meek](/source/Seth_Eugene_Meek) & [Pierson](/source/Charles_John_Pierson), 1895)</small> (Kelp clingfish)
* ''[Rimicola sila](/source/Rimicola_sila)'' <small>[Briggs](/source/John_Carmon_Briggs), 1955</small> (Guadalupe clingfish)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Category:Gobiesocidae
Category:Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
Category:Taxa named by Barton Warren Evermann

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