Species FAO code: REO

Remora remora

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Croatia	hr priljepuša	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

List item: Hooks and lines

Hooks and lines

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scientific name

Remora remora

Author

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

FAO code

REO

Morphological description

Dark brownish grey in color (Ref. 4389). During the course of development, fin is transformed into a suction disc (Ref. 35388). Deeper-bodied than Echeneis naucrates (Ref. 37816).

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderPerciformes
  - FamilyEcheneidae
    - GenusRemora
      - SpeciesRemora remora

Synonyms

Echeneis postica Poey, 1860
Echeneis remeligo Guichenot, 1863
Echeneis squalipeta Daldorff, 1793
Echeneis remeligo Duméril, 1858
Echeneis remoroides Bleeker, 1855
Echeneis remora Linnaeus, 1758
Echeneis borboniensis Guichenot, 1863
Echeneis bourboniensis Duméril, 1858
Echeneis remiligo Guichenot, 1863
Echeneis nubifera Tanaka, 1915
Echeneis parva Gronow, 1854

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Remora remora

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Hooks and lines

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 21 - Atlantic, Northwest

Area 27 - Atlantic, Northeast

Area 31 - Atlantic, Western Central

Area 34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central

Area 37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea

Area 41 - Atlantic, Southwest

Area 47 - Atlantic, Southeast

Area 51 - Indian Ocean, Western

Area 57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern

Area 61 - Pacific, Northwest

Area 67 - Pacific, Northeast

Area 71 - Pacific, Western Central

Area 77 - Pacific, Eastern Central

Area 81 - Pacific, Southwest

Area 87 - Pacific, Southeast