WoRMS taxon details
Echeneidae Rafinesque, 1810
Genus Echeneis Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Phtheirichthys Gill, 1862
Genus Remora Gill, 1862
Genus Echensis accepted as Echeneis Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
Genus Echneis accepted as Echeneis Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
Genus Leptecheneis Gill, 1864 accepted as Echeneis Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Phthierichthys accepted as Phtheirichthys Gill, 1862 (misspelling)
Genus Remilegia Gill, 1862 accepted as Remora Gill, 1862
Genus Remorina Jordan & Evermann, 1896 accepted as Remora Gill, 1862 (synonym)
Genus Remoropsis Gill, 1863 accepted as Remora Gill, 1862
Genus Rhombochirus Gill, 1863 accepted as Remora Gill, 1862
Genus Phtheirichthys Gill, 1862
Genus Remora Gill, 1862
Genus Echensis accepted as Echeneis Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
Genus Echneis accepted as Echeneis Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
Genus Leptecheneis Gill, 1864 accepted as Echeneis Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Phthierichthys accepted as Phtheirichthys Gill, 1862 (misspelling)
Genus Remilegia Gill, 1862 accepted as Remora Gill, 1862
Genus Remorina Jordan & Evermann, 1896 accepted as Remora Gill, 1862 (synonym)
Genus Remoropsis Gill, 1863 accepted as Remora Gill, 1862
Genus Rhombochirus Gill, 1863 accepted as Remora Gill, 1862
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific. Elongate body, with the head flattened and bearing a sucking disc having 10-28...
Description Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific. Elongate body, with the head flattened and bearing a sucking disc having 10-28 transverse movable lamina (disc said to have evolved from a spinous dorsal fin). Mandible jutted. Scales small and cycloid. Spines absent in dorsal and anal fins. About 18-40 soft rays each in dorsal and anal fins. No swim bladder. Branchiostegal rays 8-11. With the sucking disc, the remora hitches to larger animals such as sharks, bony fishes, turtles or mammals. Some species reportedly show considerable host specificity. About 1 m maximum length (reported for Echeines naucrates); the smallest species measuring 17 cm. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Echeneidae Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125533 on 2023-09-22
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taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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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]
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]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
[request] 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]
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]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific. Elongate body, with the head flattened and bearing a sucking disc having 10-28 transverse movable lamina (disc said to have evolved from a spinous dorsal fin). Mandible jutted. Scales small and cycloid. Spines absent in dorsal and anal fins. About 18-40 soft rays each in dorsal and anal fins. No swim bladder. Branchiostegal rays 8-11. With the sucking disc, the remora hitches to larger animals such as sharks, bony fishes, turtles or mammals. Some species reportedly show considerable host specificity. About 1 m maximum length (reported for Echeines naucrates); the smallest species measuring 17 cm. [details]
