Whitefin sharksucker

Echeneis neucratoides

Saltwater
Data Deficient

Max length: 75 cm

Classification

Class: Teleostei
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Echeneidae
Genus: Echeneis

Distribution

Atlantic, Western Central

About the whitefin sharksucker

The whitefin sharksucker or short-disk sharksucker, is a species of remora native to subtropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. This fish can reach a length of 75 centimetres (30 in) TL though most fish do not exceed 50 centimetres (20 in) TL. It can be free-swimming, or can attach itself to a host fish or turtle by means of a sucker on the back of the head.

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Where the whitefin sharksucker lives

Distribution data from GBIF (DOI: 10.15468/dl.8rzs8d).

Also known as

Rémora blanc
Rémora filoblanco
لشك أبيض ماص للقرش
لشك ابيض ماص للقرش
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