- An
echeneis (Ancient Gr****: ἐχενηΐς) is a
legendary creature; a
small fish that was said to
latch on to ships,
holding them back.
Pliny the
Elder (1st...
- remoras, pufferfish, and
related species,
finding remoras (specifically
Echeneis naucrates) had a
resistance of 6.1–5.5×10−8 M. Some
cultures use remoras...
-
Echeneis is a
genus of fish in the
family Echeneidae, the remoras. The
genus is
distributed in the Atlantic,
Pacific and
Indian Oceans. The
generic name...
- The live
sharksucker or
slender sharksucker (
Echeneis naucrates) is a
species of
marine fish in the
family Echeneidae, the remoras. The
species is considered...
- The
whitefin sharksucker (
Echeneis neucratoides) or short-disk sharksucker, is a
species of
remora native to
subtropical waters of the
western Atlantic...
- Springer-Verlag, 1986. p. 662 Fertl, D.; Landry, A. M. (1999). "Sharksucker (
Echeneis naucrates) on a
Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops tTruncatus) and a
Review of...
- (Menzies, 1791)
Synonyms Echeneis lineata Menzies, 1791
Echeneis tropica Euphrasén, 1791
Echeneis apicalis Poey, 1860
Echeneis sphyraenarum Poey, 1860...
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Synonyms Echeneis brachyptera R. T. Lowe, 1839
Echeneis ****decimlamellata
Eydoux & Gervais, 1837
Echeneis quatuordecimlaminatus D. H. Storer, 1839
Echeneis pallida...
- 1829)
Synonyms Echeneis brachyptera Lowe, 1839
Remoropsis brachyptera (Lowe, 1839)
Echeneis ****decimlamellata
Eydoux & Gervais, 1837
Echeneis quatuordecimlaminatus...
-
Large giant trevallies have been
recorded as a host of the sharksucker,
Echeneis naucrates, a fish
which is
normally seen
attached to the
undersides of...
