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Definition of Remora brachyptera

Remora brachyptera
Swordfish Sword"fish`, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A very large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the only representative of the family Xiphiid[ae]. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long, rigid, swordlike beak; the dorsal fin is high and without distinct spines; the ventral fins are absent. The adult is destitute of teeth. It becomes sixteen feet or more long. (b) The gar pike. (c) The cutlass fish. 2. (Astron.) A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1. Swordfish sucker (Zo["o]l.), a remora (Remora brachyptera) which attaches itself to the swordfish.

Meaning of Remora brachyptera from wikipedia

- The spearfish remora (Remora brachyptera) is a species of remora with a worldwide distribution in tropical and subtropical seas. Remoras attach themselves...
- Remora is a genus of remoras native to temperate to tropical marine waters worldwide. The currently recognized species in this genus are: Wikispecies has...
- chromis Chromis viridis Echeneis naucrates Remora australis Remora brachyptera Remora osteochir Remora remora Coryphaena equiselis Coryphaena hippurus Alectis...
- The marlin sucker or spear-fish remora (Remora osteochir) is a species of remora found all over the world in tropical and temperate seas. It can reach...
- (Remora albescens) Whalesucker (Remora australis) Spearfish remora (Remora brachyptera) Marlin sucker (Remora osteochir) Common remora (Remora remora)...
- angustirostris Ghost knifefish Sternarchorhynchus oxyrhynchus Remora Remora brachyptera Blue-dashed rockskipper Blenniella periophthalmus Nile bichir...
- dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus, common dolphinfish Echeneidae Remora brachyptera, spearfish remora Remorina albescens, white suckerfish Elopidae Elops machnata...
- only on cetaceans) Spearfish remora, Remora brachyptera (Lowe, 1839) (Worldwide, prefers billfishes) Remora, Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758) (Worldwide...
- only on cetaceans) Spearfish remora Remora brachyptera (Lowe, 1839) (Worldwide, prefers billfishes) Remora Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758) (Worldwide,...