Sealife guideThe striped remoraEcheneis naucrates
Taxonomy
- Common name: Striped remora, live sharksucker
- French name: Rémora rayé, rémora commun
- Spanish name: Rémora rayada
- Scientific name: Echeneis naucrates (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Family name: Echeneidae
- Order name: Carangiformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii
Did you know ?
The striped remora is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The striped remora appears in the IUCN Red List since 2015 within the category Least Concern !

The striped remora (Echeneis naucrates) © Cigdem Sean Cooper | Dreamstime.com
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