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IllustrationLive sharksucker
Echeneis naucrates
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Live sharksucker
- Scientific
- Echeneis naucrates
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Family
- Echeneidae (remoras)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1.1 m (total length); commonly 66 cm; max. published weight 2.3 kg
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 85 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2012
Description
A slender remora with a sucking disc on top of the head and a dark stripe edged in white along the side, reaching about 1.1 m. It attaches to sharks, rays, turtles and even divers, and also swims freely near reefs.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Echeneis-naucrates.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.