Remora (redirect from Echeneidae)
(/ˈrɛmərə/), sometimes called suckerfish or sharksucker, is any of a family (Echeneidae) of ray-finned fish in the order Carangiformes. Depending on species,...
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remora (Remora remora) is a pelagic marine fish belonging to the family Echeneidae. The dorsal fin, which has 22 to 26 soft rays, acts as a suction cup,...
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sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates) is a species of marine fish in the family Echeneidae, the remoras. The species is considered circumtropical, as it occurs in...
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Suckerfish or sucker may refer to: the remoras (family Echeneidae): ray-finned fishes that use suction to hold onto larger marine animals the family Catostomidae...
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Echeneis is a genus of fish in the family Echeneidae, the remoras. The genus is distributed in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. The generic name...
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Coryphaenidae Rafinesque, 1815 (dolphinfish) Rachycentridae Gill 1896 (cobia) Echeneidae Rafinesque, 1815 (remoras) Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815 (jacks) Menidae...
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NEMATISTIIDAE, MENIDAE, XIPHIIDAE, ISTIOPHORIDAE, CORYPHAENIDAE, RACHYCENTRIDAE, ECHENEIDAE and CARANGIDAE". July 8, 2020. "Dolphinfish Facts". whalefacts.org. 2016...
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The whalesucker (Remora australis) is a species of remora in the family Echeneidae, so named because it attaches itself exclusively to cetaceans. It is found...
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N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Echeneidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 November...
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