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Carangiformes (Jacks) >
Echeneidae (Remoras)
Etymology: Echeneis: Greek, echein = to hold + Greek, nays = ship; remora, suckling fish; 1774 (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino; salobre asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 1 - 85 m (Ref. 86942). Subtropical; 45°N - 45°S, 180°W - 180°E
Circumtropical.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 110 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9710); common length : 66.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 10970); peso máximo publicado: 2.3 kg (Ref. 40637)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 32 - 42; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 29 - 41.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Most abundant remora in warm waters (Ref. 4389). Occurs near as well as far from the coast (Ref. 5217). Often found free-swimming in shallow inshore areas and around coral reefs (Ref. 26938). Attaches temporarily to a variety of hosts including sharks, rays, large bony fishes or sea turtles, whales, dolphins and also to ships. May follow divers (Ref. 9710); reported to attach itself to a diver's leg (Ref. 57809). Feeds on small fishes, bits of its host's prey and host's parasites (Ref. 26938). Juveniles occasionally act as reef station-based cleaners, where they service parrotfishes (Ref. 40095). Sometimes used by natives to aid in fishing; a line is tied to the caudal peduncle of the remora and then is released; upon attaching to another fish, the remora and its host are hauled in by the fisher (Ref. 9682).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; pesca deportiva: si; Acuario: Comercial
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.7539 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00263 (0.00112 - 0.00617), b=3.17 (2.96 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.7 ±0.3 se; based on diet studies. |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Assuming Fec < 10,000). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate to high vulnerability (54 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoría de precios (Ref. 80766) |
High.
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Nutrientes (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 22.5 [10.7, 37.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.59 [0.32, 0.99] mg/100g; Protein = 19.8 [18.7, 20.8] %; Omega3 = 0.128 [0.068, 0.250] g/100g; Selenium = 28.3 [13.0, 54.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 25.8 [8.3, 87.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.702 [0.456, 1.085] mg/100g (wet weight); |