Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Echeneidae Remoras

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8 species (see list below)

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Photo by Bryan, D.

Echeneis naucrates
[Live sharksucker]

Photo by Johnson, L.

Echeneis neucratoides
[Whitefin sharksucker]

Photo by SFSA

Phtheirichthys lineatus
[Slender suckerfish]

Photo by Walter, T.

Remora albescens
[White suckerfish]

Photo by Sazima, I.

Remora australis
[Whalesucker]

Photo by Devarapalli, P.

Remora brachyptera
[Spearfish remora]

Photo by Devarapalli, P.

Remora osteochir
[Marlin sucker]

Photo by Béarez, P.

Remora remora
[Shark sucker]

8 Species of Family Echeneidae
(Remoras)

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

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Echeneidae Remoras(See list of species below)

Family: Echeneidae Remoras

(See list of species below)