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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Echeneidae Remoras

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8 species

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Photo by Brian Lam@114°E Hong Kong Reef Fish Survey

Circumtropical.
Max. Length 110 cm TL
Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
Photo by Brian Lam@114°E Hong Kong Reef Fish Survey
 
Echeneis naucrates
[Live sharksucker]
Photo by Johnson, L.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 75 cm TL
Echeneis neucratoides Zuiew, 1789
Photo by Johnson, L.
 
Echeneis neucratoides
[Whitefin sharksucker]
Photo by SFSA

Worldwide in tropical and
Max. Length 76 cm TL
Phtheirichthys lineatus (Menzies, 1791)
Photo by SFSA
 
Phtheirichthys lineatus
[Slender suckerfish]
Photo by Walter, T.

Worldwide in warm seas.
Max. Length 30 cm SL
Remora albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Photo by Walter, T.
 
Remora albescens
[White suckerfish]
Photo by Sazima, I.

Worldwide in tropical and
Max. Length 76 cm TL
Remora australis (Bennett, 1840)
Photo by Sazima, I.
 
Remora australis
[Whalesucker]
Photo by Devarapalli, P.

Circumglobal in tropical
Max. Length 50 cm TL
Remora brachyptera (Lowe, 1839)
Photo by Devarapalli, P.
 
Remora brachyptera
[Spearfish remora]
Photo by Devarapalli, P.

Warm and temperate seas o
Max. Length 40 cm SL
Remora osteochir (Cuvier, 1829)
Photo by Devarapalli, P.
 
Remora osteochir
[Marlin sucker]
Photo by Béarez, P.

Cosmopolitan in warm wate
Max. Length 86.4 cm TL
Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758)
Photo by Béarez, P.
 
Remora remora
[Shark sucker]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Echeneis naucrates Live sharksucker Circumtropical. 110 TL 1758
Echeneis neucratoides Whitefin sharksucker Western Atlantic 75 TL 1789
Phtheirichthys lineatus Slender suckerfish Worldwide in tropical and 76 TL 1791
Remora albescens White suckerfish Worldwide in warm seas. 30 SL 1850
Remora australis Whalesucker Worldwide in tropical and 76 TL 1840
Remora brachyptera Spearfish remora Circumglobal in tropical 50 TL 1839
Remora osteochir Marlin sucker Warm and temperate seas o 40 SL 1829
Remora remora Shark sucker Cosmopolitan in warm wate 86.4 TL 1758



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