Remora (genus)
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| Spearfish Remora (R. brachyptera) | |
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Remora
T. N. Gill, 1862
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| Echeneis remora Linnaeus, 1758
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Remora is a genus of remoras native to temperate to tropical marine waters worldwide.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Remora albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) (white suckerfish)
- Remora australis (F. D. Bennett, 1840) (whalesucker)
- Remora brachyptera (R. T. Lowe, 1839) (spearfish remora)
- Remora osteochir (G. Cuvier, 1829) (marlin sucker)
- Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758) (common remora or shark sucker)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Remora in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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