Common name of Echeneis naucrates
 
Common name Rémora
Language French
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Maldives
Locality
Ref. Nouguier, J. and D. Refait, 1990
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks The term remora was derived from the Latin name remora meaning hindrance as it was thought that the attachment of these fishes via their unique sucking-dics delayed ships (Ref. 528).
 
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