WoRMS name details
Remorina albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
126854 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126854)
unaccepted
Species
Remorina Jordan & Evermann, 1896 accepted as Remora Gill, 1862
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Echeneis albescens 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] 
Distribution Circumtropical. Found in New Jersey
Distribution Circumtropical. Found in New Jersey [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Remorina albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126854 on 2025-08-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Echeneis albescens 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]
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]
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]
Other
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 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]
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]
additional source 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]
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
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Remorina albescens)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Remorina albescens, Indonesia, by Walter, T.)
To GenBank (87 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Remora albescens USNM 89782 radiograph lat)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Remorina albescens)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Remorina albescens, Indonesia, by Walter, T.)
To GenBank (87 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Remora albescens USNM 89782 radiograph lat)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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