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Common names: Australian remora, Gapu, Sharksucker
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales (Busselton, W.A. to Port Hacking, N.S.W.); including Lord Howe I. (Ref. 8879). Recorded from Shark Bay (Ref. 115274). Museum: WAM P.26220-006. Also Ref. 7300, 33390.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Johnson, J.W., 1999
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Common names from other countries

Rémora commun, Pegatimón, Live shark-sucker, ... more

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> Carangiformes (Jacks) > Echeneidae (Remoras)
Etymology: Echeneis: Greek, echein = to hold + Greek, nays = ship; remora, suckling fish; 1774 (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin; saumâtre récifal; profondeur 1 - 85 m (Ref. 86942). Subtropical; 45°N - 45°S, 180°W - 180°E

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Circumtropical.

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 110 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 9710); common length : 66.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 10970); poids max. publié: 2.3 kg (Ref. 40637)

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Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 32 - 42; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 29 - 41.

Most abundant remora in warm waters (Ref. 4389). Occurs near as well as far from the coast (Ref. 5217). Often found free-swimming in shallow inshore areas and around coral reefs (Ref. 26938). Attaches temporarily to a variety of hosts including sharks, rays, large bony fishes or sea turtles, whales, dolphins and also to ships. May follow divers (Ref. 9710); reported to attach itself to a diver's leg (Ref. 57809). Feeds on small fishes, bits of its host's prey and host's parasites (Ref. 26938). Juveniles occasionally act as reef station-based cleaners, where they service parrotfishes (Ref. 40095). Sometimes used by natives to aid in fishing; a line is tied to the caudal peduncle of the remora and then is released; upon attaching to another fish, the remora and its host are hauled in by the fisher (Ref. 9682).

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Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 23 August 2012

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Harmless

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur; pêche sportive: oui; Aquarium: Commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 18.3 - 28.6, mean 27.2 (based on 566 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.7539 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00263 (0.00112 - 0.00620), b=3.17 (2.96 - 3.38), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278): 3.7 ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.

Résilience (Ref. 120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Assuming Fec < 10,000).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High to very high vulnerability (66 of 100).

Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): High.

Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758