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White suckerfish - Wikipedia

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White suckerfish

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Family:	Echeneidae
Genus:	Remora
Species:	R. albescens
Binomial name
*Remora albescens* (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Synonyms
Echeneis albescens Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 Remorina albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) Echeneis clypeata Günther, 1860 Echeneis lophioides A. H. A. Duméril, 1858 Echeneis lophioides Guichenot, 1863

The white suckerfish or mantasucker (Remora albescens) is a species of remora in the family Echeneidae, a group of elongated marine fish with adhesive discs for attaching to larger organisms. They are known for their large lips and white color.^[2] The distribution of this species is worldwide in warm open seas: it is found in the western Indian Ocean including Réunion and Mauritius, in the eastern Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Chile (but is rare north of Baja California), and in the western and eastern central Atlantic Ocean from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to Brazil and St. Paul's Rocks.^[3]

The white suckerfish can reach 30 cm (12 in) in standard length. The adhesive disk is short and wide, the length 34-40% and the width 22-26% of the standard length, with 13-14 lamellae. The pelvic fins are placed far forward and narrowly attached to the abdomen; the dorsal, anal, and pectoral fins are short with reduced rays. The dorsal fin rays number 18-23, the anal fin rays 18–24, and the pectoral fin rays 18–21. The dentition is specialized, consisting of many large, stout canine teeth set in large patches in broad jaws. The head, body, and fins are colored light brown, light tan, or light grey to whitish.^[4] Three documented specimens from the Gulf of Mexico show considerable variation in color pattern, from uniform grey or pale bluish-white to light grey, darkening on the sides and belly and bearing numerous elongated spots. One living specimen immediately darkened in color when it was removed from sea water and lightened when it was returned.^[5]

White suckerfish are rarely found free-swimming; they are host-specific to manta rays, and enter their host's mouth and gill chamber more often than any other remora. They are also occasionally found attached to sharks, and in the Indo-Pacific region to black marlin.^[3] Unlike some other remora species, parasitic copepods comprise a negligible part of the diet of the white suckerfish, suggesting it may not have a mutualistic relationship with its host.^[6] The white suckerfish responds to a touch on its belly by forcefully erecting its pelvic fins, possibly an adaptation to avoid crushing by its host.^[5] Nothing is known about their reproduction.^[4] It is used in Chinese medicine.^[3]

References

^ Carpenter, K.; Collette, B.B. (2010). "Remora albescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T155075A4726238. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155075A4726238.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "White Sucker | Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department". vtfishandwildlife.com. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
^ ^a ^b ^c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Remora albescens". FishBase. April 2013 version.
^ ^a ^b Lachner, E.A. (1986). "Echeneididae". In Whitehead, P.J.P.; et al. (eds.). Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. ISBN 92-3-002309-4.
^ ^a ^b von Schmidt, K. (Mar 6, 1969). "Remorina albescens in the Gulf of Mexico, with a Note on Pigmentation". Copeia. 1969 (1): 194–195. doi:10.2307/1441716. JSTOR 1441716.
^ Cressey, R.F. & Lachner, E.A. (Jun 1, 1970). "The Parasitic Copepod Diet and Life History of Diskfishes (Echeneidae)". Copeia. 1970 (2): 310–318. doi:10.2307/1441652. JSTOR 1441652.

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Taxon identifiers
Remora albescens	Wikidata: Q917449 AFD: Remora_albescens BOLD: 495953 CoL: 4RRHP FishBase: 3548 GBIF: 2375253 iNaturalist: 111584 IRMNG: 11001892 IUCN: 155075 OBIS: 302877 Open Tree of Life: 204911 WoRMS: 302877

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