Southern clingfish (Rimicola dimorpha)

Scientific name: Rimicola dimorpha Briggs, 1955

The Southern clingfish (Rimicola dimorpha) is a marine fish of the family Gobiesocidae. Native range: Eastern Pacific, northern Channel Islands in southern California, USA to central Baja California in Mexico.

Species facts

Scientific name
Rimicola dimorpha
Family
Gobiesocidae (Clingfishes and singleslits)
Order
Gobiesociformes (Clingfishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
3.2
Environment
Marine; demersal
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: northern Channel Islands in southern California, USA to central Baja California in Mexico.
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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