Echeneis naucrates Live sharksucker

Echeneis naucratesis commonly referred to as Live sharksucker. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. A aquarium size of at least 50000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Echeneis naucrates
German:: Gestreifter Schiffshalter
English:: Live Sharksucker

Category:: Sharksucker

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Echeneidae (Family) > Echeneis (Genus) > naucrates (Species)
Initial determination:: Linnaeus, 1758

Occurrence:: Zirkumsubtropisch, Circumtropic
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 1 - 85 Meter
Size:: 25.98" - 43.31" (66cm - 110cm)
Temperature:: 73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C)
Food:: Fish (little fishes), Parasites
Tank:: 10998.92 gal (~ 50000L)
Difficulty:: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Data deficient (DD)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2011-02-24 13:17:29
Last edit:: 2020-01-25 11:10:43

Info

Circumtropical:

Most abundant remora in warm waters. Occurs near as well as far from the coast. Often found free-swimming in shallow inshore areas and around coral reefs. Attaches temporarily to a variety of hosts including sharks, rays, large bony fishes or sea turtles, whales, dolphins and also to ships.

Synonymised names:
Echeneis chiromacer Duméril, 1858
Echeneis fasciata Gronow, 1854
Echeneis fusca Gronow, 1854
Echeneis guaican Poey, 1860
Echeneis lunata Bancroft, 1831
Echeneis metallica Poey, 1860
Echeneis naucratus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
Echeneis neucrates Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
Echeneis scaphecrates Duméril, 1858
Echeneis vittata Rüppell, 1838
Echensis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
Echneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
Leptecheneis flaviventris Seale, 1906
Leptecheneis naucrates (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scientific paper

A new and unexpected host for the sharksucker ( Echeneis naucrates) with a brief review of the echeneid–host interactions, Brunnschweiler, Juerg M.; Sazima, Ivan , 2008
Analysis of Sharksucker,Echeneis naucrates, Induced Behavior Patterns in the Blacktip Shark,Carcharhinus limbatus, Erich Kurt Ritter, 2002
The egg bundles of the monogenean Dionchus remorae and their attachment to the gills of the remora, Echeneis naucrates, Ian D. Whittington, 1990
Redescription and Systematic Position of Echeneidocoelium indicum Simha and Pershad, 1964 (Trematoda: Digenea) from the Sucker Fish Echeneis naucrates, R. Madhavi, 1970
Adhesive Disk of Echeneis naucrates, BONNELL, B., 1964
Observations on the Use of the Sucking-Fish or Remora, Echeneis naucrates, for Catching Turtles in Cuban and Colombian Waters, C. Ralph de Sola, 1932

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Ole Johann Brett (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage von Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Great Barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda with Sharksucker, Echeneis naucrates, Florida 2022

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