Species
The eight species are found in four genera:
- Genus Echeneis
- Live sharksucker, E. naucrates .
- Whitefin sharksucker, E. neucratoides .
- Genus Phtheirichthys
- Slender suckerfish, P. lineatus .
- Genus Remora
- Whalesucker, R. australis .
- Spearfish remora, R. brachyptera .
- Marlin sucker, R. osteochir .
- Common remora, R. remora .
- Genus Remorina
- White suckerfish, R. albescens .
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