Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Perciformes > Family Echeneidae

Remora Gill, 1862

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Remorina Jordan & Evermann, 1896 synonym

Children

Remora albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Remora australis (Bennett, 1840)
Remora brachyptera (Lowe, 1839)
Remora osteochir (Cuvier, 1829)
Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758)

Literature

basis of record

van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374

additional source

Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

additional source

Gill, T.N. (1862). Remarks on the relations of the genera and other groups of Cuban fishes. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v. 14: 235-242.

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Remora Gill, 1862. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125964

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Occurrence

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Environment


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Importance

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2004-12-21 by Jacob van der Land

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