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Class: Teleostei
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Echeneidae Remoras

Genus: Echeneis

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

Circumtropical.
Max. Length 110 cm TL
Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758

Photo by Photo by Brian Lam@114°E Hong Kong Reef Fish Survey
 
Echeneis naucrates
[Live sharksucker]

Photo by Johnson, L.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 75 cm TL
Echeneis neucratoides Zuiew, 1789

Photo by Photo by Johnson, L.
 
Echeneis neucratoides
[Whitefin sharksucker]


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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



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