Kelp Clingfish
Rimicola muscarum
- Group: Other
- Max size: 7 cm
- For divers: safe
- IUCN status: LC
This little clingfish grips strands of kelp or eelgrass with a sucker disc on its belly, often riding high in the kelp canopy. It lets go only to hunt or find cover and turns up in tide pools just now and then.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Gobiesociformes › Gobiesocidae › Rimicola
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 282617.
FAQ
- Is the Kelp Clingfish dangerous to divers?
- The Kelp Clingfish is harmless to divers.
- How big does the Kelp Clingfish get?
- The Kelp Clingfish grows to about 7 cm.