Live sharksucker
Echeneis naucrates
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A remora from tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. It attaches temporarily to sharks, rays, large fish, turtles and whales.
- Scientific name
- Echeneis naucrates
- Family
- Echeneidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Saltwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Echeneidae
- Order
- Carangiformes
- Synonyms
- Echeneis chiromacer, Echeneis fasciata, Echeneis fusca, Echeneis guaican, Echeneis lunata, Echeneis metallica, Echeneis naucratus, Echeneis neucrates, Echeneis scaphecrates, Echeneis vittata, Echenesis naucrates, Echensis naucrates, Echneis naucrates, Leptecheneis flaviventris, Leptecheneis naucrates
Origin
- Native region
- América do Norte, África, Ásia, Oceania, Europa, América do Sul
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 110 cm
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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