Marlinsucker
Remora osteochir
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The marlin sucker or spear-fish remora is a species of remora found all over the world in tropical and temperate seas. It can reach up to 40 cm (16 in) in standard length. It normally lives attached to a larger fish; its host preference is for marlins and sailfishes, but it will attach to other large fish.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Carangiformes
- Family
- Echeneidae
- Genus
- Remora