Common name of Echeneis naucrates
 
Common name Remoras
Language Krio
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Sierra Leone
Locality
Ref. Kamara, A.B., 1977
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core behavior
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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