Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Echeneis naucrates
Rémora, Pega, Pegatimon, Pegador, Live sharksucker
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Carangiformes
Family
Echeneidae
Genus
Echeneis
Species
naucrates
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: 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), fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Hickin, N. (1979) Animal life of the Galapagos. Ferundune Books, Faringdon, U.K., 236 pp.
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2 Https://www.iucnredlist.org
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Echeneis naucrates", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13505. Accessed 4 November 2026.