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

Remora australis (Bennett, 1840)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Remora*	Gill, 1862	accepted genus name
*Remorina*	Jordan & Evermann, 1896	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: whalesucker sources: Gillespie, G. E. 1993. An updated list of the fishes of British Columbia, and those of interest in adjacent waters, with numeric code designations. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1918: 116 p.

French: rémora austral sources: Gillespie, G. E. 1993. An updated list of the fishes of British Columbia, and those of interest in adjacent waters, with numeric code designations. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1918: 116 p.

Greek: Ρεμόρα φαλαινών sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Israel (Hebrew): רמורה דרומית sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: rémora ballenera

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	Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Taxon found in 12 publications.

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
FishBase
Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Remora australis (Bennett, 1840). 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:126850