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  2. Common remora - Wikipedia

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    The common remora (Remora remora) is a pelagic marine fish [3] belonging to the family Echeneidae. The dorsal fin, which has 22 to 26 soft rays, acts as a suction cup , creating a vacuum [ 4 ] to allow the fish to attach to larger marine animals, such as whales, dolphins, sharks, and sea turtles.

  3. Remora - Wikipedia

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    The sucking disc begins to show when the young fish are about 1 cm (0.4 in) long. When the remora reaches about 3 cm (1.2 in), the disc is fully formed and the remora can then attach to other animals. The remora's lower jaw projects beyond the upper, and the animal lacks a swim bladder. [9] Some remoras associate with specific host species.

  4. Marlin sucker - Wikipedia

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    The marlin sucker or spear-fish remora (Remora osteochir) is a species of remora found all over the world in tropical and temperate seas. It can reach up to 40 cm (16 in) in standard length . It normally lives attached to a larger fish; its host preference is for marlins (as the name implies) and sailfishes , but it will attach to other large fish.

  5. Echeneis (fish) - Wikipedia

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    Echeneis is a genus of fish in the family Echeneidae, the remoras.The genus is distributed in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. [4]The generic name Echeneis comes from the Greek echein meaning "to hold" and naus meaning "ship", a reference to the ability of these fish to attach themselves to the hulls of vessels and, in legend, to slow them down.

  6. Slender suckerfish - Wikipedia

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    The slender suckerfish or lousefish (Phtheirichthys lineatus) is a rare species of remora found around the world in tropical and subtropical seas, [3] in areas like the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean, from depths from 1 to 100 meters deep. [1] The body of the slender suckerfish is elongated, with long dorsal and anal fins. The dorsal fin ...

  7. White suckerfish - Wikipedia

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    Unlike some other remora species, parasitic copepods comprise a negligible part of the diet of the white suckerfish, suggesting it may not have a mutualistic relationship with its host. [6] The white suckerfish responds to a touch on its belly by forcefully erecting its pelvic fins, possibly an adaptation to avoid crushing by its host. [5]

  8. Remora (genus) - Wikipedia

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    Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Remora albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850): white suckerfish: western Indian Ocean including Réunion and Mauritius, in the eastern Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Chile (but is rare north of Baja California), and in the western and eastern central Atlantic Ocean from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to Brazil and St. Paul's Rocks.

  9. Spearfish remora - Wikipedia

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    The spearfish remora attaches itself with its disc to a host fish, with juveniles often attaching in the gill chambers. [1] Host fish include the sailfish, the white marlin, the black marlin, the striped marlin and the swordfish; all these fish swim faster than does the remora, and it is not clear how the remora attaches to the host in the first place. [5]