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Remora
The remoras /ˈrɛmərəz/, sometimes called suckerfish, are a family (Echeneidae) of ray-finned fish in the order Perciformes. They grow to 7–75 cm (2.8 in–2 ft 5.5 in) long. Their distinctive first dorsal fins take the form of a modified oval, sucker-like organ with slat-like structures that open and close to create suction and take a firm hold against the skin of larger marine animals. The disk is made up of stout, flexible membranes that can be raised and lowered to...
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Common Remora
speciesRemora remora
Whalesucker
speciesRemora australis
Marlinsucker
speciesRemora osteochir
Spearfish Remora
speciesRemora brachyptera
White Suckerfish
speciesRemora albescens
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.87
Valeriano: Hieroglyphica (1575)
Pierio Valeriano · 1556 · p.433
Historia naturalis Brasiliae
Willem Piso / Georg Marcgraf · 1648 · p.325
The Natural History of Carolina Florida and Bahama Islands Vol. 2
Mark Catesby · 1743 · p.85
Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)
Mark Catesby · 1750 · p.85
Georg Wolfgang Knorr — Deliciae naturae selectae (1771)
Georg Wolfgang Knorr · 1771 · p.281
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 91667.