marlinsucker

Remora osteochir

Echeneid Fish from Western Atlantic

Cross-climate
Temperate
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
North America
South America
Medium
Tropical fish

The marlin sucker or spear-fish remora (Remora osteochir) is a species of remora found all over the world in tropical and temperate seas. It can reach up to 40 cm (16 in) in standard length. It normally lives attached to a larger fish; its host preference is for marlins (as the name implies) and sailfishes, but it will attach to other large fish.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Jacks, Flatfishes, Barracudas, and Allies
Family: Echeneidae
Genus: Remora
Maximum length: 40 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Warm and temperate seas of all oceans. Western Central Pacific: Guam (Ref. 35721 ). Eastern Pacific: southern California, USA to Peru (Ref. 2850 ). Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil (Ref. 7251 ). Eastern Central Atlantic: Madeira Island (Ref. 74541 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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