WoRMS taxon details

Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758

126848 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126848)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Carangiformes (Order)
  11. Echeneidae (Family)
  12. Echeneis (Genus)
  13. Echeneis naucrates (Species)
accepted
Species
Echeneis Linnaeus, 1758
Echeneis Linnaeus, 1758
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Description Often found free-swimming in shallow inshore waters. Attaches temporarily to a variety of hosts including sharks, rays,...  
Description Often found free-swimming in shallow inshore waters. Attaches temporarily to a variety of hosts including sharks, rays, large bony fishes or sea turtles, whales, dolphins and also to ships. Sometimes used by natives to aid in fishing: a line is tied to the caudal peduncle of the remora and then is released; upon attaching to another fish, the remora and its host are hauled in by the fisherman (Ref. 9682). [details]

Distribution circumtropical; Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and Bermuda to Uruguay   
Distribution circumtropical; Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and Bermuda to Uruguay  [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126848 on 2026-09-09
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Echeneis lunata Bancroft, 1831) Bancroft, E. N. (1831). Specimens were exhibited of several fishes, lately received from Dr. Bancroft of Kingston, Jamaica, Corr. Memb. Z. S. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1830-31 (pt 1): 134-135., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1214089 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Leptecheneis flaviventris Seale, 1906) Seale, A. (1906). Fishes of the South Pacific. <em>Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum.</em> 4(1): 1-89, pl. 1., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7122973 [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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details] 

context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source 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] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Often found free-swimming in shallow inshore waters. Attaches temporarily to a variety of hosts including sharks, rays, large bony fishes or sea turtles, whales, dolphins and also to ships. Sometimes used by natives to aid in fishing: a line is tied to the caudal peduncle of the remora and then is released; upon attaching to another fish, the remora and its host are hauled in by the fisherman (Ref. 9682). [details]

Diet Feeds on small fishes, bits of its host's prey and host's parasites  [details]

Distribution circumtropical; Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and Bermuda to Uruguay  [details]

Habitat Most abundant remora in warm waters. Occurs near as well as far from the coast. Often found free-swimming in shallow inshore areas and around coral reefs. Attaches temporarily to a variety of hosts including sharks, rays, large bony fishes or sea turtles, whales, dolphins and also to ships. [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
English sharksuckerlive sharksucker  [details]
French naucrate  [details]
Hebrew דבק נצמד  [details]
Japanese コバンザメ  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Κολλησόψαρο  [details]
Russian Полосатая рыба-прилипало  [details]
Spanish rémora rayada  [details]
Turkish vantuz baligiklavuz baligi  [details]
Ukrainian Смугаста риба-причепа  [details]
To Barcode of Life (85 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Echeneis chiromacer Duméril, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Echeneis fusca Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Leptecheneis flaviventris Seale, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Echneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Echeneis lunata Bancroft, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Echeneis fasciata Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Echeneis vittata Rüppell, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (357 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Echeneis guaican Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Echeneis neucrates Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Leptecheneis naucrates (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Echeneis naucratus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Echeneis metallica Poey, 1860)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Echeneis neucrates Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Leptecheneis naucrates (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echeneis naucrates) 
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis fasciata Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis fusca Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis guaican Poey, 1860)
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis naucratus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Leptecheneis naucrates (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Echneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Echensis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis neucrates Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis scaphecrates Duméril, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis vittata Rüppell, 1838)
To FishBase (from synonym Leptecheneis flaviventris Seale, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis lunata Bancroft, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis metallica Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis chiromacer Duméril, 1858)
To Fishipedia 
To FishSounds 
To GenBank (41933 nucleotides; 38286 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Echeneis naucrates RAD119752-001) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Echeneis naucrates RAD119752-002) 
To PESI 
To ITIS
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