Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Sharksucker
Echeneis naucrates
Sharksucker
Also known as: Live Sharksucker, Slender Suckerfish
Category: Remoras
Scientific Name: Echeneis naucrates
Size: 10 to 18 in. (25 to 45 cm)  
Depth: 1-150 ft. (0-45 m)
Distribution: Circumtropical
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Carangiformes (Order)
     └Echeneidae (Family) Remoras
      └Echeneis (Genus)
       └E. naucrates (Species)
WoRMS ID: 126848🔗
iNaturalist ID: 48844🔗

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