Echeneis neucratoides
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The whitefin sharksucker[1] (Echeneis neucratoides) or short-disk sharksucker, is a species of remora native to subtropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. This fish can reach a length of 75 centimetres (30 in) TL though most fish do not exceed 50 centimetres (20 in) TL. It can be free-swimming, or can attach itself to a host fish or turtle by means of a sucker on the back of the head.
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Echeneis neucratoides | |
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Head seen from side and from above | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Carangiformes |
Family: | Echeneidae |
Genus: | Echeneis |
Species: | E. neucratoides |
Binomial name | |
Echeneis neucratoides | |
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