Channel Islands clingfish (Rimicola cabrilloi)

Scientific name: Rimicola cabrilloi Briggs, 2002

The Channel Islands clingfish (Rimicola cabrilloi) is a marine fish of the family Gobiesocidae. Native range: Eastern Pacific, Santa Barbara Islands, California.

Biology

Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-8. Males have one or 2 pairs of large canine teeth in the lower jaw and urogenital papilla with a long, narrow tip. The females have narrow, pointed incisors at the front of the lower jaw; no developed canines; and short urogenital papilla that is less than one third the length of that in males.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Rimicola cabrilloi
Family
Gobiesocidae (Clingfishes and singleslits)
Order
Gobiesociformes (Clingfishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
3.3
Environment
Marine; demersal
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: Santa Barbara Islands, California.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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