Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Remora remora
rémora común, Remora
Size: Lengths of 86cm and weights of 6.4kg. Usually dark brownish black often with speckling, but can be paler shades of tan to brown. Disc for attaching on top of head.
Habitat: Open water, no specific locality.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Carangiformes
Suborder
Percoidei
Family
Echeneidae
Genus
Remora
Species
remora
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Echeneis borboniensis Guichenot, 1863, Echeneis bourboniensis Duméril, 1858, Echeneis nubifera Tanaka, 1915, , Echeneis parva Gronow, 1854, Echeneis postica Poey, 1860, Echeneis remeligo Guichenot, 1863, Echeneis remeligo Duméril, 1858, Echeneis remora Linnaeus, 1758, Echeneis remoroides Bleeker, 1855, Echeneis squalipeta Daldorff, 1793, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Throughout tropical and subtropical waters, in the eastern Pacific from Washington to Chile, and Revillagigedos and Galapagos. Circum-tropical. Throughout the Tropical Eastern Pacific except upper Gulf of California.
- Grove, J.S. Lavenberg, R.J. (1997) The Fishes of the Galapagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford California. 862 pp.
- Humann, P. Deloach, N. (2003) Reef Fish Identification - Galapagos. New World Publication, Inc. Florida USA & Libri Mundi, Quito, Ecuador, 226 pp.
- 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 (2010) IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 April 2010.
- 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.
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2 Https://www.iucnredlist.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Remora remora", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7753. Accessed 11 September 2025.