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Sharksucker
Photo: Tibor Marcinek · Public domain

Sharksucker

Echeneis naucrates

Also called Rémora rayada

Grows to
1.1 m (3.6 ft)
Group
Fish
Family
Echeneidae

Where to see it

Known from Bay Islands, Belize, Bonaire, Curaçao, Egyptian Red Sea, Gili Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Hawaii, Koh Tao and Koh Samui, Komodo, Lembeh Strait, Maldives, Mexican Caribbean, Palau, Philippines, Phuket and the Similans and Raja Ampat.

Source: GBIF.

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