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Echeneis Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 125962

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Echeneidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Typetaxon Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
Parent Echeneidae
Synonymised
taxa
  Echensis (misspelling)
Echneis (misspelling)
Leptecheneis
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details]

basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

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 Species Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
Species Echeneis neucratoides Zuiew, 1789

Species Echeneis albescens Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 accepted as Remora albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Species Echeneis apicalis Poey, 1860 accepted as Phtheirichthys lineatus (Menzies, 1791)
Species Echeneis australis Bennett, 1840 accepted as Remora australis (Bennett, 1840)
Species Echeneis borboniensis Guichenot, 1863 accepted as Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Echeneis bourboniensis Duméril, 1858 accepted as Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Echeneis brachyptera Lowe, 1839 accepted as Remora brachyptera (Lowe, 1839)
Species Echeneis chiromacer Duméril, 1858 accepted as Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
Species Echeneis clypeata Günther, 1860 accepted as Remora albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Species Echeneis fasciata Gronow, 1854 accepted as Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
Species Echeneis fusca Gronow, 1854 accepted as Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
Species Echeneis guaican Poey, 1860 accepted as Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
Species Echeneis jacobaea Lowe, 1839 accepted as Remora osteochir (Cuvier, 1829)
Species Echeneis lineata Menzies, 1791 accepted as Phtheirichthys lineatus (Menzies, 1791)
Species Echeneis lophioides Guichenot, 1863 accepted as Remora albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Species Echeneis lophioides Duméril, 1858 accepted as Remora albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Species Echeneis lunata Bancroft, 1831 accepted as Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
Species Echeneis megalodiscus Franz, 1910 accepted as Remora osteochir (Cuvier, 1829)
Species Echeneis metallica Poey, 1860 accepted as Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
Species Echeneis naucratus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
Species Echeneis neucrates Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
Species Echeneis nieuhofii Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Remora brachyptera (Lowe, 1839)
Species Echeneis nubifera Tanaka, 1915 accepted as Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Echeneis osteochir Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Remora osteochir (Cuvier, 1829)
Species Echeneis osteochire (Cuvier, 1829) accepted as Remora osteochir (Cuvier, 1829)
Species Echeneis pallida Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 accepted as Remora brachyptera (Lowe, 1839)
Species Echeneis parva Gronow, 1854 accepted as Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Echeneis pediculus Girard, 1893 accepted as Remora osteochir (Cuvier, 1829)
Species Echeneis postica Poey, 1860 accepted as Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Echeneis quatuordecimlaminatus Storer, 1839 accepted as Remora brachyptera (Lowe, 1839)
Species Echeneis remeligo Guichenot, 1863 accepted as Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Echeneis remeligo Duméril, 1858 accepted as Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Echeneis remiligo Guichenot, 1863 accepted as Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Echeneis remora Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Echeneis remoroides Bleeker, 1855 accepted as Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Echeneis scaphecrates Duméril, 1858 accepted as Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
Species Echeneis scutata Günther, 1860 accepted as Remora australis (Bennett, 1840)
Species Echeneis sexdecimlamellata Eydoux & Gervais, 1837 accepted as Remora brachyptera (Lowe, 1839)
Species Echeneis sphyraenarum Poey, 1860 accepted as Phtheirichthys lineatus (Menzies, 1791)
Species Echeneis squalipeta Daldorff, 1793 accepted as Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Echeneis tetrapturorum Poey, 1860 accepted as Remora osteochir (Cuvier, 1829)
Species Echeneis tropica Euphrasen, 1791 accepted as Phtheirichthys lineatus (Menzies, 1791)
Species Echeneis vittata Rüppell, 1838 accepted as Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
Environment marine
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Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
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Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
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Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
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Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
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Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
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Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
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Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
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Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
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Echeneis naucrate
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Echeneis naucrate
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125962
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Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2006-09-11 06:44:08Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2013-03-11 11:05:30Z  checked  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Echeneis Linnaeus, 1758. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125962 on 2013-05-20
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