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Remora australis (Bennett, 1840)

Whalesucker
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> Carangiformes (Jacks) > Echeneidae (Remoras)
Etymology: Remora: Latin, remora = delay, hindrance (1567) (Ref. 45335);  australis: australis meaning southern (Ref. 6885).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin; océanodrome (Ref. 51243); profondeur 1 - 50 m (Ref. 108953). Subtropical

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Worldwide in tropical and warm waters. Western Atlantic: Texas, USA to Brazil. Eastern Pacific: Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada to Chile (Ref. 2850). Mediterranean reports doubtful (Ref. 13729).

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 76.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 2850)

Description synthétique Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total) : 25 - 27; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 20 - 23; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 20 - 24. Dark blue to slate grey; fins with narrow white edge (Ref. 4389).

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Oceanic, mostly in warm seas. Attaches itself only to whales and porpoises (Ref. 7251). One adult couple was recorded attached to the same individual spinner dolphin for a period of about 3 months (Ref. 50801). A common associate of spinner dolphins at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, southeast Atlantic, where it occurs year-round. Recorded feeding on spinner dolphins’ feces and vomits (Ref. 48727).

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Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 23 August 2012

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 14.1 - 27.5, mean 23 °C (based on 1102 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5352   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00263 (0.00112 - 0.00620), b=3.17 (2.96 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Ref. 120179):  Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Assuming Fec < 10,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 77.4 [43.7, 128.9] mg/100g; Iron = 1.41 [0.88, 2.24] mg/100g; Protein = 18.9 [17.8, 19.9] %; Omega3 = 0.201 [0.111, 0.358] g/100g; Selenium = 28.8 [15.3, 56.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 10.4 [3.5, 32.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.79 [0.57, 1.10] mg/100g (wet weight);