echeneid
noun1
Any fish of the family Echeneidae (the remoras or suckerfish).
- They are characterized by a unique cephalic sucking disc by which the echeneid attaches itself externally to its host.2000, T. Trnski, J. M. Leis, “81: Echeneidae (Remoras)”, in Jeffrey Martin Leis, Brooke M. Carson-Ewart, editors, The Larvae of Indo-Pacific Coastal Fishes, page 518:
- Postflexion stage, larvae, and juveniles of some echeneids have been illustrated by Richards (2005a).2010, Kathleen Sabina Cole, Reproduction and Sexuality in Marine Fishes: Patterns and Processes, page 38:
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- With a force applied to their caudal peduncle, the echeneids generated suction pressure differentials averaging –92.7 kPa within the disk cavity while attached to Plexiglas.2015, Hermann Ehrlich, Biological Materials of Marine Origin: Vertebrates, page 430:
- Synonyms
- echeneidid, remora, suckerfish