8 Species in Family Echeneidae
Nominal species list for Echeneidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758 Live sharksucker
Echeneis neucratoides Zuiew, 1789 Whitefin sharksucker
Phtheirichthys lineatus (Menzies, 1791) Slender suckerfish
Remora albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) White suckerfish
Remora australis (Bennett, 1840) Whalesucker
Remora brachyptera (Lowe, 1839) Spearfish remora
Remora osteochir (Cuvier, 1829) Marlin sucker
Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758) Shark sucker
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