WoRMS taxon details
Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758)
126853 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126853)
accepted
Species
Echeneis borboniensis Guichenot, 1863 · unaccepted
Echeneis bourboniensis Duméril, 1858 · unaccepted
Echeneis nubifera Tanaka, 1915 · unaccepted
Echeneis parva Gronow, 1854 · unaccepted
Echeneis postica Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
Echeneis remeligo Guichenot, 1863 · unaccepted
Echeneis remeligo Duméril, 1858 · unaccepted
Echeneis remiligo Guichenot, 1863 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Echeneis remora Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Echeneis remoroides Bleeker, 1855 · unaccepted
Echeneis squalipeta Daldorff, 1793 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Echeneis remora Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Description Usually associated with sharks but also attaches itself to other large fishes, sea turtles and even ships. Sometimes...
Distribution cosmopolitan in warm seas, occasionally straying into the western North Atlantic north of Cape Cod to St. Pierre Bank off...
Description Usually associated with sharks but also attaches itself to other large fishes, sea turtles and even ships. Sometimes free-swimming (Ref. 2850). [details]
Distribution cosmopolitan in warm seas, occasionally straying into the western North Atlantic north of Cape Cod to St. Pierre Bank off...
Distribution cosmopolitan in warm seas, occasionally straying into the western North Atlantic north of Cape Cod to St. Pierre Bank off Nova Scotia in association with host species; Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to Argentina [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126853 on 2023-11-29
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original description
(of Echeneis remora Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Echeneis remoroides Bleeker, 1855) Bleeker, P. (1855). Tweede bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van de Batoe-eilanden. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 9 (no. 1): 65-72. [details]
original description (of Echeneis squalipeta Daldorff, 1793) Daldorff, D. C. de. (1793). Uddrag af Hr. Daldorfs Dagbog paa en Reise fra Kiøbenhavn til Tranquebar, sidst i Asret 1790 og forst i Aaret 1791. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet Kiøbenhavn.</em> v. 2 (no. 2): 147-173.
page(s): 157 [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]
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 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 Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 260 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 260 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H.L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéque, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C.W.; Mooney, T.A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L.K.; Rice, A.N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Sprie, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M.J.G. Underwater Soniferous Behavior Trait Provided in the World Register of Marine Species. <em>(In preparation).</em> [details]
[request] original description (of Echeneis remoroides Bleeker, 1855) Bleeker, P. (1855). Tweede bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van de Batoe-eilanden. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 9 (no. 1): 65-72. [details]
original description (of Echeneis squalipeta Daldorff, 1793) Daldorff, D. C. de. (1793). Uddrag af Hr. Daldorfs Dagbog paa en Reise fra Kiøbenhavn til Tranquebar, sidst i Asret 1790 og forst i Aaret 1791. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet Kiøbenhavn.</em> v. 2 (no. 2): 147-173.
page(s): 157 [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]
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 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 Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 260 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 260 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H.L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéque, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C.W.; Mooney, T.A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L.K.; Rice, A.N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Sprie, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M.J.G. Underwater Soniferous Behavior Trait Provided in the World Register of Marine Species. <em>(In preparation).</em> [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Usually associated with sharks but also attaches itself to other large fishes, sea turtles and even ships. Sometimes free-swimming (Ref. 2850). [details]Diet Feeds on parasitic copepods [details]
Distribution cosmopolitan in warm seas, occasionally straying into the western North Atlantic north of Cape Cod to St. Pierre Bank off Nova Scotia in association with host species; Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to Argentina [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat usually associated with sharks but also attaches itself to other large fishes, sea turtles and even ships; sometimes free-swimming [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | peshku me ventuzë | [details] |
| Danish | almindelig sugefisk | [details] |
| English | Short sucker fishshark-suckerShark suckerremoraOffshore remoracommon remoraBrown remora | [details] |
| Hebrew | רמורה רמורה | [details] |
| Japanese | ナガコバン | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Ρεμόρα | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | sugefisk | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | sugefisk | [details] |
| Russian | Обыкновенная рыба-прилипалоакулья ремора | [details] |
| Spanish | rémora tiburonera | [details] |
| Turkish | vantuzklavuz baligi | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Echeneis nubifera Tanaka, 1915)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Echeneis parva Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (144 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Echeneis remoroides Bleeker, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Echeneis squalipeta Daldorff, 1793)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Echeneis remiligo Guichenot, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (341 publications) (from synonym Echeneis remora Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Echeneis remeligo Duméril, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Echeneis remeligo Guichenot, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Echeneis borboniensis Guichenot, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Echeneis postica Poey, 1860)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Echeneis remora Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Silvertip shark and Remoras)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis bourboniensis Duméril, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis nubifera Tanaka, 1915)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis parva Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis borboniensis Guichenot, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis remoroides Bleeker, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis remiligo Guichenot, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis squalipeta Daldorff, 1793)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis remeligo Duméril, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis postica Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis remora Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis remeligo Guichenot, 1863)
To FishBase images (Remora remora, Ecuador, by Béarez, P.)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Echeneis remora Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Remora remora RAD119754-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Echeneis nubifera Tanaka, 1915)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Echeneis parva Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (144 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Echeneis remoroides Bleeker, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Echeneis squalipeta Daldorff, 1793)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Echeneis remiligo Guichenot, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (341 publications) (from synonym Echeneis remora Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Echeneis remeligo Duméril, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Echeneis remeligo Guichenot, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Echeneis borboniensis Guichenot, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Echeneis postica Poey, 1860)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Echeneis remora Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Silvertip shark and Remoras)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis bourboniensis Duméril, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis nubifera Tanaka, 1915)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis parva Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis borboniensis Guichenot, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis remoroides Bleeker, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis remiligo Guichenot, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis squalipeta Daldorff, 1793)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis remeligo Duméril, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis postica Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis remora Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Echeneis remeligo Guichenot, 1863)
To FishBase images (Remora remora, Ecuador, by Béarez, P.)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Echeneis remora Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Remora remora RAD119754-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
