WoRMS taxon details
Remora brachyptera (Lowe, 1839)
126851 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126851)
accepted
Species
Echeneis brachyptera Lowe, 1839 · unaccepted
Echeneis nieuhofii Bleeker, 1853 · unaccepted
Echeneis pallida Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 · unaccepted
Echeneis quatuordecimlaminatus Storer, 1839 · unaccepted
Echeneis sexdecimlamellata Eydoux & Gervais, 1837 · unaccepted
Remora pallida (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) · uncertain > unassessed
Remoropsis brachyptera (Lowe, 1839) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Echeneis brachyptera Lowe, 1839) Lowe, R. T. (1839). A supplement to a synopsis of the fishes of Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1839 (pt 7): 76-92. [details]
Description Found on the body and inside gill chamber of billfishes and swordfishes, rarely on any other fishes (Ref. 2850).
Distribution Worldwide in warm seas; Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to Brazil
Description Found on the body and inside gill chamber of billfishes and swordfishes, rarely on any other fishes (Ref. 2850). [details]
Distribution Worldwide in warm seas; Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to Brazil
Distribution Worldwide in warm seas; Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Remora brachyptera (Lowe, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126851 on 2025-10-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Echeneis brachyptera Lowe, 1839) Lowe, R. T. (1839). A supplement to a synopsis of the fishes of Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1839 (pt 7): 76-92. [details]
original description (of Echeneis nieuhofii Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Diagnostische beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Sumatra. Tiental V-X. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> 4 (2): 243-302. [details]
original description (of Echeneis pallida Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel, H. (1850). Pisces. <em>In: Siebold, P. F. de (ed.): Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam ... suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] (A. Arnz et soc.). Last part (15): 270-324.</em> [details]
original description (of Echeneis quatuordecimlaminatus Storer, 1839) Storer, D. H. (1839). A report on the fishes of Massachusetts. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> v. 2 (nos 3-4) (art. 12): 289-558, Pls. 6-8. [Also published as separate (possibly first), Fishes of Massachusetts [from: Reports on the fishes, reptiles and birds of Massachusetts], Boston, 1839: 1-202. Plates as I-III in text of separate and journal article but labelled VI-VIII in journal article.]. [details]
original description (of Echeneis sexdecimlamellata Eydoux & Gervais, 1837) Eydoux, J. F. T.; Gervais, F. L. P. (1837). Voyage de "La Favorite." Poissons. <em>Magasin de Zoologie.</em> 1837 (year 7): 1-4, Pls. 16-17. [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]
original description (of Echeneis nieuhofii Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Diagnostische beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Sumatra. Tiental V-X. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> 4 (2): 243-302. [details]
original description (of Echeneis pallida Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel, H. (1850). Pisces. <em>In: Siebold, P. F. de (ed.): Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam ... suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] (A. Arnz et soc.). Last part (15): 270-324.</em> [details]
original description (of Echeneis quatuordecimlaminatus Storer, 1839) Storer, D. H. (1839). A report on the fishes of Massachusetts. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> v. 2 (nos 3-4) (art. 12): 289-558, Pls. 6-8. [Also published as separate (possibly first), Fishes of Massachusetts [from: Reports on the fishes, reptiles and birds of Massachusetts], Boston, 1839: 1-202. Plates as I-III in text of separate and journal article but labelled VI-VIII in journal article.]. [details]
original description (of Echeneis sexdecimlamellata Eydoux & Gervais, 1837) Eydoux, J. F. T.; Gervais, F. L. P. (1837). Voyage de "La Favorite." Poissons. <em>Magasin de Zoologie.</em> 1837 (year 7): 1-4, Pls. 16-17. [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]
Other
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 (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]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [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 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]
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
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additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [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 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]
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
[request]additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found on the body and inside gill chamber of billfishes and swordfishes, rarely on any other fishes (Ref. 2850). [details]Distribution Worldwide in warm seas; Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to Brazil [details]
Habitat Found on the body and inside gill chamber of billfishes and swordfishes, rarely on any other fishes. [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | peshku me ventuzë të murrmë | [details] |
| English | swordfish suckerspearfish remora | [details] |
| Japanese | ヒナコバン [from synonym]クロコバン | [details] |
| Spanish | rémora robusta | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Echeneis quatuordecimlaminatus Storer, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Echeneis sexdecimlamellata Eydoux & Gervais, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Echeneis pallida Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Echeneis brachyptera Lowe, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Echeneis nieuhofii Bleeker, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (64 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Remora brachyptera)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis pallida Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis brachyptera Lowe, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis nieuhofii Bleeker, 1853)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis quatuordecimlaminatus Storer, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis sexdecimlamellata Eydoux & Gervais, 1837)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Echeneis brachyptera Lowe, 1839)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Remora brachyptera USNM 202239 radiograph lateral 1 of 2)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Remora brachyptera USNM 202239 radiograph ventral 1 of 2)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Echeneis quatuordecimlaminatus Storer, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Echeneis sexdecimlamellata Eydoux & Gervais, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Echeneis pallida Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Echeneis brachyptera Lowe, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Echeneis nieuhofii Bleeker, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (64 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Remora brachyptera)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis pallida Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis brachyptera Lowe, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis nieuhofii Bleeker, 1853)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis quatuordecimlaminatus Storer, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis sexdecimlamellata Eydoux & Gervais, 1837)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Echeneis brachyptera Lowe, 1839)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Remora brachyptera USNM 202239 radiograph lateral 1 of 2)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Remora brachyptera USNM 202239 radiograph ventral 1 of 2)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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