Remora (genus)


Remora is a genus of remoras native to temperate to tropical marine waters worldwide.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:
ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Remora albescens white suckerfishwestern Indian Ocean including Réunion and Mauritius, in the eastern Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Chile, and in the western and eastern central Atlantic Ocean from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to Brazil and St. Paul's Rocks.
Remora australis whalesuckerGulf of Mexico and western Atlantic Ocean, it occurs from Texas to Brazil, and in the eastern Pacific Ocean, it occurs from Vancouver Island to Chile.
Remora brachyptera spearfish remoraworldwide distribution in tropical and subtropical seas
Remora osteochir marlin suckerworldwide distribution in tropical and subtropical seas
Remora remora common remora or shark suckerwestern Mediterranean and the Atlantic, as well as the North Sea