Live Sharksucker
Echeneis naucrates
- Group: Other
- Typical depth: 1–85 m
- Max size: 1.1 m
- For divers: safe
- IUCN status: LC
This is the remora you are most likely to see hitching a ride, fixed to a shark, ray, turtle or passing diver by a flat sucking disc on top of its head. It also swims free around reefs and inshore shallows, reaching just over a metre, and does no harm to whatever it clings to.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Carangiformes › Echeneidae › Echeneis
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 126848.
FAQ
- How deep does the Live Sharksucker live?
- The Live Sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates) is typically found at 1–85 m.
- Is the Live Sharksucker dangerous to divers?
- The Live Sharksucker is harmless to divers.
- How big does the Live Sharksucker get?
- The Live Sharksucker grows to about 1.1 m.