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Family Gobiesocidae — Clingfishes
*Arcos erythrops (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882). Rockwall Clingfish. To 5.4 cm (2.1 in) SL (SIO 61-279). Cabo
San Lucas, southern Baja California and Gulf of California (De La Cruz-Agüero et al. 1997) to southern
Mexico (Robertson and Allen 2002). At depths of 0–15 m (49 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen 2002; max.:
SIO 70-163).
*Gobiesox ajustus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882. Panamic Clingfish. To 5 cm (2 in) TL (De La Cruz-Agüero et al.
1997). Cabo San Lucas, southern Baja California and Gulf of California to Ecuador (De La Cruz-Agüero
et al. 1997). At depths of 0 to perhaps 10 m (33 ft; Robertson and Allen 2002).
Gobiesox eugrammus Briggs, 1955. Lined Clingfish. To 5.7 cm (2.25 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972). Bird Rock,
San Diego County, southern California (Miller and Lea 1972) to Islas San Benito (SIO 90-74) and Isla
Guadalupe (Miller and Lea 1972), central Baja California. At depths of 9–82 m (30–270 ft; Miller and
Lea 1972).
Gobiesox maeandricus (Girard, 1858). Northern Clingfish. To 16 cm (6.5 in) TL (Eschmeyer and Herald
1983). Noyes Island, southeastern Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to central Baja California (between
Isla Guadalupe and mainland on drifting kelp; Miller and Lea 1972). Intertidal zone and to 18 m (59 ft)
(min.: Miller and Lea 1972; max.: Cross 1981), including tidepools (Cross 1981; also numerous museum
records, e.g., UW 2318, UW 21223, UW 22447).
Gobiesox papillifer Gilbert, 1890. Bearded Clingfish. To 8 cm (3.2 in) TL (Robertson and Allen 2002).
San Pedro, southern California to Panama Bay (Miller and Lea 1972), including Gulf of California
(Robertson and Allen 2002). Intertidal and to 5 m (17 ft; Robertson and Allen 2002).
*Gobiesox pinniger Gilbert, 1890. Feathered Clingfish or Tadpole Clingfish. To 13 cm (5.1 in) TL (Robertson
and Allen 2002). Cabo San Lucas, southern Baja California into northern Gulf of California (Thomson
et al. 1979). Intertidal and to 5 m (17 ft) (min.: Thomson et al. 1979; max.: LACM 50801.003).
Gobiesox rhessodon Smith, 1881. California Clingfish. To 6.4 cm (2.5 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972). Pismo
Beach, central California (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983) to Bahia Magdalena, southern Baja California (SIO
64-10). Intertidal and to 11 m (35 ft) (min.: Eschmeyer and Herald 1983; max.: Miller and Lea 1972).
Rimicola cabrilloi Briggs, 2002. Channel Islands Clingfish. To 3.5 cm (1.4 in) SL (Briggs 2002). Islands off
southern California (Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Santa Catalina, and San Nicolas). Intertidal and shallow
subtidal (min.: SIO 47-81; max.: SIO 51-244).
Rimicola dimorpha Briggs, 1955. Southern Clingfish. To 3.4 cm (1.35 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972). Gaviota
(SIO 61-426) and northern Channel Islands, southern California to Islas San Benito, central Baja
California (Miller and Lea 1972). Kelp, occasionally in tidepools (Watson in Moser 1996).
Rimicola eigenmanni (Gilbert, 1890). Slender Clingfish. To 5.7 cm (2.25 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972).
Palos Verdes, southern California to Bahia San Juanico, southern Baja California (Miller and Lea 1972).
Intertidal and to 15 m (48 ft) (min.: Miller and Lea 1972; max.: Fitch 1952).
Rimicola muscarum (Meek & Pierson, 1895). Kelp Clingfish. To 7 cm (2.75 in) TL (Eschmeyer and Herald
1983). Glacier Bay, southeastern Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Punta Baja, northern Baja California
(Watson in Moser 1996). Also reported from Kachemak Bay, northern Gulf of Alaska (Abookire 2002),
but not verifiable. Evidently the arrival of R. muscarum in Kachemak Bay coincided with arrival of large
quantitites of floating bull kelp (Nereocystis) which likely was their mode of travel (J. Figurski, pers.
comm. to C. W. M.). Intertidal and in kelp beds (Miller and Lea 1972). The Glacier Bay specimen (UAM
1997) may have been lost, as a different fish is now in the jar (K. D. Vogt, pers. comm. to C. W. M.).
Rimicola sila Briggs, 1955. Guadalupe Clingfish. To at least 2.8 cm (1.1 in) SL. Isla Guadalupe, central Baja
California. All in Briggs (1955).
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