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Carangiformes (Jacks) > 
Echeneidae (Remoras)						
							
							Etymology: Phtheirichthys: Greek, ptheiros, a fish that parasites other + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
						
					
				
					Environment: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / distribution range					
						Ecologia					
				
				
				
					marinhas pelagic-oceanic; oceanódromo (Ref. 51243);  intervalo de profundidade 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).
				
				 
			
			
				
					Tamanho / Peso / Idade
				
				
				
					Maturidade: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 76.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 2850)				
				 
			
			
						
				
				
				
					Espinhos dorsais (total) : 0; Raios dorsais (total) : 32 - 38; Espinhos anais: 0; Raios anais : 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.			
			 
			
			
			
				
					Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento					
					Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					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)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Ameaça para os humanos  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
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					Estimates based on models				
				
				
				Preferred temperature (Ref. 
123201): 20.9 - 29.1, mean 26.9 °C (based on 39944 cells).
				
				
					
					Índice de diversidade filogenética  (Ref. 
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).
					
					Nível Trófico  (Ref. 
69278):  3.6   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
											
				
				
										
						Resiliência  (Ref. 
120179):  médio(a), tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 1,4 - 4,4 anos (Assuming Fec < 10,000).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100). 
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