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Rimicola muscarum (Meek & Pierson, 1895)

Kelp clingfish
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Canada country information

Common names: Kelp clingfish, Slender cling-fish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Pacific coast (Ref. 6885). Also Ref. 4925, 27436.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.ncr.dfo.ca/home_e.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hart, J.L., 1973
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiesociformes (Clingfishes) > Gobiesocidae (Clingfishes and singleslits) > Gobiesocinae
Etymology: Rimicola: Latin, rima, -ae = crack, cleft + Latin, colere = to live.
  More on authors: Meek & Pierson.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal.   Subtropical; 55°N -

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