Size: 1 to 2.5
feet
ID: black midbody
stripe widens at tail, white borders
Class: Actinopterygii
/ Ray-finned fishes
Order: Perciformes
/ Perch-like fishes
Family: Echeneidae
/ Remoras or Sharksuckers
Genus Species: Echeneis
neucratoides / Whitefin 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, eat host's ectoparasites
Other information:
unafraid; may try to attach to divers!
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