Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Echeneis australis Bennett, 1840, Echeneis scutata Günther, 1860, Remilegia australis (Bennett, 1840), Remora australia (Bennett, 1840), Remora scutata (Günther, 1860) (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution: Worldwide in tropical and warm waters. Western Atlantic: Texas, USA to Brazil. Eastern Pacific: Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada to Chile. Mediterranean reports doubtful (Froese and Pauly, 2021).

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• Froese, R. D. Pauly. Eds. (2021) FishBase World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org,
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