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Family
Echeneidae
CIRCUMTROPICAL
Echeneis naucrates
Grand Bahama Island |
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SLENDER SHARKSUCKER
Kobanzame
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Rarely seen in Hawai'i attached to large animals or
freely swimming about the reef. The most likely remora to attach
itself to people. Gray with black and white stripes. Attains 44
inches but usually much less. Warm seas worldwide.
Echeneis neucratoides has fewer sucker disc plates and may be
restricted to the Western Atlantic. |
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