Size: 1 to 3.5 ft.
ID: dorsal, anal, and tail
fins are dark with white edges
Class: Actinopterygii
/ Ray-finned fishes
Order: Perciformes
/ Perch-like fishes
Family: Echeneidae
/ Remoras or Sharksuckers
Genus Species: Echeneis
naucrates / Sharksucker
Habitat: attach by a disc-shaped
sucker on top of head to sharks, rays, large fish, turtles
Typical food: remnants
of host's meals, plankton; host's ectoparasites
Other information: unafraid;
the juvenile has a white body with black borders on dorsal
and anal fins and may have a blackish
mask across eyes
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