| Species name | Common name | Distribution | Max. Length (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remora albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) |
White suckerfish | Worldwide in warm seas. Western Indian Ocean | 30 |
| Remora australis (Bennett, 1840) |
Whalesucker | Worldwide in tropical and warm waters. Western Atlantic | 76 |
| Remora brachyptera (Lowe, 1839) |
Spearfish remora | Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas | 50 |
| Remora osteochir (Cuvier, 1829) |
Marlin sucker | Warm and temperate seas of all oceans. Western Central Pacific | 40 |
| Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Shark sucker | Cosmopolitan in warm waters | 86.4 |