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Remora albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) 
AphiaID: 302877

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Echeneidae (Family) > Remora (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Remora Gill, 1862
Synonymised
taxa
  Echeneis albescens Temminck & Schlegel, 1850
Echeneis clypeata Günther, 1860
Echeneis lophioides Guichenot, 1863
Echeneis lophioides Duméril, 1858
Remorina albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Sources  basis of record: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: Martin, F.D., and G.E. Drewry. 1978. Development of fishes of the Mid-Atlantic Bight: An atlas of egg, larval and juveniles stages. Volume VI. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Services Program FWS/OBS-78/12. 416 p. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English white suckerfish (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North East Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North Pacific (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Reunion (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To FishBase
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:302877
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-02-28 13:41:07Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
2013-01-08 11:20:45Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Remora albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850). 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=302877 on 2013-05-19
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