whitefin sharksucker

Echeneis neucratoides

Fish Reaching Seventy Five Centimeters in Mexican Waters

White
Tropical
Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
South America
Large
Tropical fish

The whitefin sharksucker (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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Jacks, Flatfishes, Barracudas, and Allies
Family: Echeneidae
Genus: Echeneis
Maximum length: 75 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Massachusetts in USA, Bahamas and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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