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Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758

Live sharksucker
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New Caledonia country information

Common names: Katrö, Poisson pilote, Thowâng
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Kerr, V.C., 2013
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the north lagoon and St. Vincent Bay (Ref. 9070). Recorded from the Chesterfield Is. (Ref. 11897) and Ouvéa Atoll, Loyalty Is. (Ref. 13236). Also Ref. 50302, 50314, 52522.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nc.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Wantiez, L., 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangiformes (Jacks) > Echeneidae (Remoras)
Etymology: Echeneis: Greek, echein = to hold + Greek, nays = ship; remora, suckling fish; 1774 (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

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

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 85 m (Ref. 86942).   Subtropical; 45°N - 45°S, 180°W - 180°E

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