Sucker Fish (Spearfish Remora) Remora brachyptera (Lowe, 1839) Rare Occurrence in Mumbai Waters

Das, Thakur and Sundaram, Sujit (2010) Sucker Fish (Spearfish Remora) Remora brachyptera (Lowe, 1839) Rare Occurrence in Mumbai Waters. Fishing Chimes, 29 (10). p. 21.

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Abstract

Sucker fishes generally attach (themselves to many different marine vertebrates including sharks, rays, tarpons, barracudas, sailfishes, marlins, swordfishes, jacks, basses, groupers, ocean sunfish, sea turtles, whales and dolphins. The Family Echeneidae to which sucker fishes belong is divisible into two subfamilies, four genera and eight species, seven of which occur in the Western Indian Ocean (Fischer and Bianchi, 1984).

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Sucker Fish; Rare occurrence
Subjects: Marine Fisheries > Fish landing > Rare occurrence
Demersal Fishes > Cat fishes
Divisions: CMFRI-Mumbai
Depositing User: Arun Surendran
Date Deposited: 10 Feb 2023 05:54
Last Modified: 10 Feb 2023 05:54
URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/16722

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