Echeneis (fish)

Echeneis is a genus of fish in the family Echeneidae, the remoras. The genus is distributed in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.[3]

Echeneis
E. naucrates, showing suction disc
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Echeneidae
Genus: Echeneis
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Echeneis naucrates
Linnaeus, 1758[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Leptecheneis Gill, 1864

The generic name Echeneis comes from the Greek echein meaning "to hold" and naus meaning "ship", a reference to the ability of these fish to attach themselves to the hulls of vessels and, in legend, to slow them down.[4]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]

gollark: I think it's mostly backwards compatible.
gollark: I've been having fun with VirtualOS lately and seeing just how much I can nest it before the peripheral calls go over the limit.
gollark: A game/chat bridge, perhaps.
gollark: `CC Discord Linkup` or whatever.
gollark: Your project name?

References
  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Echeneis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  2. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Echeneidae genera". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Echeneis in FishBase. August 2019 version.
  4. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (10 August 2019). "Order CARANGIFORMES (Jacks)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 November 2019.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.