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Family: Echeneidae Remoras

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Photo by Photo by Brian Lam@114°E Hong Kong Reef Fish Survey

Echeneis naucrates
[Live sharksucker]

Photo by Photo by Johnson, L.

Echeneis neucratoides
[Whitefin sharksucker]

Photo by Photo by SFSA

Phtheirichthys lineatus
[Slender suckerfish]

Photo by Photo by Walter, T.

Remora albescens
[White suckerfish]

Photo by Photo by Sazima, I.

Remora australis
[Whalesucker]

Photo by Photo by Devarapalli, P.

Remora brachyptera
[Spearfish remora]

Photo by Photo by Devarapalli, P.

Remora osteochir
[Marlin sucker]

Photo by Photo by Béarez, P.

Remora remora
[Shark sucker]

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Echeneis naucrates	Live sharksucker	Circumtropical.	110 TL	1758
Echeneis neucratoides	Whitefin sharksucker	Western Atlantic	75 TL	1789
Phtheirichthys lineatus	Slender suckerfish	Worldwide in tropical and	76 TL	1791
Remora albescens	White suckerfish	Worldwide in warm seas.	30 SL	1850
Remora australis	Whalesucker	Worldwide in tropical and	76 TL	1840
Remora brachyptera	Spearfish remora	Circumglobal in tropical	50 TL	1839
Remora osteochir	Marlin sucker	Warm and temperate seas o	40 SL	1829
Remora remora	Shark sucker	Cosmopolitan in warm wate	86.4 TL	1758

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Echeneidae Remoras(See list of species below)

Family: Echeneidae Remoras

(See list of species below)