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Gobiesocidae (Clingfishes and singleslits) > Gobiesocinae
Etymology: Rimicola: Latin, rima, -ae = crack, cleft + Latin, colere = to live; cabrilloi: Named for Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo.
Eponymy: Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (1499–1543) was a Spanish marine navigator who explored the west coast of North America for the Spanish Empire; the first European to sail the Californian coast, the type locality. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Briggs.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal. Subtropical
Eastern Pacific: Santa Barbara Islands, California.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 43129)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
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 (Ref. 43129).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Briggs, J.C., 2002. New species of Rimicola from California. Copeia 2002(2):441-444. (Ref. 43129)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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