Remora (genus)

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Kingdom Animalia Order Perciformes Scientific name Remora Rank Genus		Phylum Chordata Family Echeneidae Higher classification Remora

Lower classifications Common remora, Spearfish remora, Whalesucker, White suckerfish

Remora is a genus of remoras native to temperate to tropical marine waters worldwide.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

Remora albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) (white suckerfish)

Remora australis (F. D. Bennett, 1840) (whalesucker)

Remora brachyptera (R. T. Lowe, 1839) (spearfish remora)

Remora osteochir (G. Cuvier, 1829) (marlin sucker)

Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758) (common remora or shark sucker)

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