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Carangiformes (Jacks) > 
Echeneidae (Remoras)						
							
							Etymology: Phtheirichthys: Greek, ptheiros, a fish that parasites other + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
						
					
				
					Environment: milieu / climate zone / نطاق العمق / distribution range					
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					بحري pelagic-oceanic; محيطية (Ref. 51243);  نطاق العمق 0 - 5 m (Ref. 86942). Subtropical				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters.  Western Atlantic:  South Carolina, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America (Ref. 7251).  Western Central Pacific:  Guam (Ref. 35720).
				
				 
			
			
				
					الحجم / وزن / العمر
				
				
				
					النضج: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 76.0 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 2850)				
				 
			
			
						
				
				
				
					الأشواك الظهرية (المجموع) : 0; الأشعة الظهرية الناعمة (المجموع) : 32 - 38; شوكة شرجية: 0; أشعه شرجية لينه: 31 - 38. Bluish black above, white below; 3 stripes along sides (upper pale blue, middle black, lower silvery).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Rare (Ref. 4389), oceanic species.  Most often found attached to barracudas but also to other fishes and sea turtles.  Clings to body of host and also found inside gill chambers.			
			 
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					النضج | التكاثر | وضع البيض | بيض | الخصوبة | Larvae				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					Heemstra, P.C., 1986. Echeneidae. p. 662-664. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4389)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						IUCN Red List Status   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
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					Estimates based on models				
				
				
				Preferred temperature (مرجع 
123201): 20.9 - 29.1, mean 26.9 °C (based on 39944 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (مرجع 
82804):  PD
50 = 1.0039   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00257 (0.00110 - 0.00600), b=3.17 (2.96 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					مستوى غذائي  (مرجع 
69278):  3.6   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
											
				
				
										
						المرونه  (مرجع 
120179):  وسيط, الحد  الزمني الأدني لتضاعف عدد أفراد المجتمع  1.4-4.4 سنة (Assuming Fec < 10,000).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100). 
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