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Remora brachyptera (Lowe, 1839) Spearfish remora |
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photo by
Devarapalli, P. |
| Family: | Echeneidae (Remoras) | |||
| Max. size: | 50 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | pelagic-oceanic; marine, oceanodromous | |||
| Distribution: | Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 27-34; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 25-34. Body cylindrical and elongate; possessing an oblong cephalic disk with 14 to 17 transverse laminae; cranium depressed (supporting cephalic disk); dorsal fin with 27 to 44 rays; first gill arch with fewer than 21 gill rakers; body entirely white to pale blue (Ref. 55763). | |||
| Biology: | Found on the body and inside gill chamber of billfishes and swordfishes, rarely on any other fishes (Ref. 2850); also in the gill cavities and mouths of sharks (Ref. 5951). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 04 February 2009 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||