Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Remora brachyptera
rémora de merlín, sapito blanco, peje piloto, rémora gris, tardanaves, spearfish remora
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Carangiformes
Suborder
Percoidei
Family
Echeneidae
Genus
Remora
Species
brachyptera
Taxon category: Accepted
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.
- 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, Remora brachyptera", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13509. Accessed 15 December 2025.