A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Echeneidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| live sharksuckerEcheneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758 | EcheneidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| slender suckerfishPhtheirichthys lineatus (Menzies, 1791) | EcheneidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| white suckerfishRemora albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) | EcheneidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| whalesuckerRemora australis (Bennett, 1840) | EcheneidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spearfish remoraRemora brachyptera (Lowe, 1839) | EcheneidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| marlinsuckerRemora osteochir (Cuvier, 1829) | EcheneidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brown remoraRemora remora (Linnaeus, 1758) | EcheneidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.