Remora (genus)
Remora is a genus of remoras native to temperate to tropical marine waters worldwide.
| Remora | |
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| Spearfish Remora (R. brachyptera) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Family: | Echeneidae |
| Genus: | Remora T. N. Gill, 1862[1] |
| Type species | |
| Remora remora Linnaeus, 1758[1] | |
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Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
- 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)
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References
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Remora". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Echeneidae genera". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Remora in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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