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white suckerfish (Remora albescens)
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Echeneidae

white suckerfish

Remora albescens

Echeneid Fish beneath Mexican Waters

  • White
  • Tropical
  • Globally widespread
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • North America
  • South America
  • Elongated
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

white suckerfish is a marine fish from Worldwide in warm seas. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 30 cm.

Genus
Remora
Maximum length
30 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Worldwide in warm seas. Western Indian Ocean: including Reunion and Mauritius (Ref. 33390 ). Eastern Pacific: off San Francisco in California, USA to Chile, but rare north of Baja California in Mexico. Western Atlantic: Florida in USA and Gulf of Mexico to Brazil (Ref. 7251 ). Eastern Central Atlantic: St. Paul's Rocks (Ref. 13121 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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