Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Phtheirichthys lineatus (Menzies, 1791)

rémora chupadora, rémora delgada, pez pega lineado, slender suckerfish

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Teleostei

Order
Carangiformes

Suborder
Percoidei

Family
Echeneidae

Genus
Phtheirichthys

Species
lineatus

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Status

Least concern

Distribution

Distribution: circumtropical

References

  • 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.
  • 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, Phtheirichthys lineatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13507. Accessed 5 August 2025.