Spearfish remora

Spearfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Echeneidae
Genus: Remora
Species: R. brachyptera
Binomial name
Remora brachyptera
(R. T. Lowe, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Echeneis brachyptera R. T. Lowe, 1839
  • Echeneis sexdecimlamellata Eydoux & Gervais, 1837
  • Echeneis quatuordecimlaminatus D. H. Storer, 1839
  • Echeneis pallida Temminck & Schlegel, 1850
  • Echeneis nieuhofii Bleeker, 1853

The spearfish remora, Remora brachyptera, is a species of remora found around the world in tropical and subtropical seas, where they are almost exclusively found on billfishes and swordfishes, sometimes on sharks. This species can reach 50 cm (20 in) in total length, though most do not exceed 25 cm (9.8 in).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Collette, B.B. 2010. Remora brachyptera. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Remora brachyptera" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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