Marlin sucker | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Echeneidae |
Genus: | Remora |
Species: | R. osteochir |
Binomial name | |
Remora osteochir (Cuvier, 1829) |
The marlin sucker, Remora osteochir, is a remora of the family Echeneidae, found all over the world in tropical and temperate seas. Its length is up to 40 cm.