Remora (genus)

Remora is a genus of remoras native to temperate to tropical marine waters worldwide.

Remora
Spearfish Remora (R. brachyptera)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Family:	Echeneidae
Genus:	Remora T. N. Gill, 1862[1]
Type species
Remora remora Linnaeus, 1758[1]
Synonyms[2]
Pseudoremora Taranetz, 1937 Remilegia T. N. Gill, 1862 Remorina D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 Remoropsis T. N. Gill, 1863 Rhombochirus T. N. Gill, 1863

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)

References

1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Remora". 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. (2013). Species of Remora in FishBase. April 2013 version.