Remora (genus)

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Remora
Spearfish remora.jpg
Spearfish Remora (R. brachyptera)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
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]
  • PseudoremoraTaranetz, 1937
  • RemilegiaT. N. Gill, 1862
  • RemorinaD. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896
  • RemoropsisT. N. Gill, 1863
  • RhombochirusT. N. Gill, 1863

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

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are: [3]

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Remora albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)white suckerfishwestern Indian Ocean including Réunion and Mauritius, in the eastern Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Chile (but is rare north of Baja California), and in the western and eastern central Atlantic Ocean from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to Brazil and St. Paul's Rocks.
Remora australis.png Remora australis (F. D. Bennett, 1840)whalesuckerGulf of Mexico and western Atlantic Ocean, it occurs from Texas to Brazil, and in the eastern Pacific Ocean, it occurs from Vancouver Island to Chile.
Curious Remora! Nassua, Bahamas (6806970181).jpg Remora brachyptera (R. T. Lowe, 1839)spearfish remoraworldwide distribution in tropical and subtropical seas
FMIB 51046 Spear-Fish Remora.jpeg Remora osteochir (G. Cuvier, 1829)marlin suckerworldwide distribution in tropical and subtropical seas
Remora remora.jpg Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758)common remora or shark suckerwestern Mediterranean and the Atlantic, as well as the North Sea

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References

  1. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Remora". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Echeneidae". 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.