Live sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates)

Scientific name: Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758

Live sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates)

The Live sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates) is a brackish-water fish of the family Echeneidae. Native range: Circumtropical. Western Atlantic, Nova Scotia, Canada and Bermuda to Uruguay. Eastern Central Atlantic: Madeira Island.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 32-42; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 29 - 41. With a dark mid-lateral stripe bordered by narrow white stripes above and below. Body depth contained in 8-14 times in SL; caudal fin in adults almost truncate with the upper and lower lobes longer than the middle rays; first dorsal fin replaced by a transversal, laminated, oval cephalic disc with 18-28 laminae; 21-28 laminae (according to K.R. Sreenath (pers. comm, 11/2010; lecologiste@gmail.com).

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Echeneis naucrates
Family
Echeneidae (Remoras)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
110
Common length
66.0
Depth range
20–50 m (66–164 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 20 - 50 m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Circumtropical. Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and Bermuda to Uruguay. Eastern Central Atlantic: Madeira Island.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming Fec

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Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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