Rimicola muscarum, Kelp clingfish

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Rimicola muscarum (Meek & Pierson, 1895)

Kelp clingfish
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> 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 / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

marino demersal. Subtropical; 55°N -

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Mapa de puntos | Introducciones | Faunafri

Eastern Pacific: Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada to Bahia Todos Santos, southern Baja California, Mexico (Ref. 27436).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2850)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 6 - 8; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 6 - 8. First 1 or 2 rays of dorsal fin embedded; caudal roundish, narrow; pelvic fins united anteriorly by wrinkled membrane to form the anterior portion of small adhesive disc which is completed posteriorly by a broad fold of skin from the ventral surface of body, the anterior and posterior segments of the disc separated by lateral clefts (Ref. 6885). Color light olive green to brown; females sometimes sparsely covered with distinct brownish red spots about the size of the pupil of the eye (Ref. 6885).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Clings to strands of kelp (often high in kelp canopy) or eelgrass with its disk; moves to seek food or cover. Rarely found in tide pools.

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Williams, Jeffrey T. | Colaboradores

Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 February 2024

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Referencia 123201): 7.9 - 15.2, mean 10.6 °C (based on 114 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5312   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00617 (0.00250 - 0.01521), b=3.15 (2.94 - 3.36), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  3.2   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈