Kinds of SFTEP

Shorefishes of the tropical eastern Pacific

Ross Robertson and Gerald Allen
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Scientific name -- Other names

Echeneidae -- Remoras

Echeneis naucrates C. Linnaeus, 1758 -- Live sharksucker

Phtheirichthys lineatus Menzies, 1791 -- Slender suckerfish

Remora albescens C. J. Temminck and H. Schlegel, 1850 -- White suckerfish

Remora australis E. T. Bennett, 1840 -- Whalesucker -

Remora brachyptera R. T. Lowe, 1839 -- Spearfish remora

Remora osteochir G. Cuvier, 1829 -- Marlinsucker -

Remora remora C. Linnaeus, 1758 -- Common remora

Updated: 2012-04-10 19:57:35