Florent's Guide To The

French Polynesia

Sharksucker
Echeneis naucrates
Sharksucker
Also known as: Live Sharksucker, Slender Suckerfish
Category: Remoras
Scientific Name: Echeneis naucrates
Size: 10 to 18 in. (25 to 45 cm)  
Depth: 1-150 ft. (0-45 m)
Distribution: Circumtropical
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Actinopteri (Superclass)
    └Teleostei (Class)
     └Carangiformes (Order)
      └Echeneidae (Family)
       └Echeneis (Genus)
        └E. naucrates (Species)

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