Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758)
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https://doi.org/ 10.26028/cybium/2021-453-001 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F625A326-FFFF-E654-4690-FC42FD4DF9A3 |
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Felipe |
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Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL
A Shark sucker, Echeneidae ( Fig. 5A View Figure 5 ), was collected along with three Pilotfishes (see this article), by Mr Pascal Malejacq on 09 Sep 2019 on the beach close to the slipway of Beig Meil (Baie de la Forêt, Finistère), at 47.8608°N, 3.9832°W. The fish was estimated to about 45 cm TL. It was accompanying an adult Leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) , about 150-200 cm long, which crawled onto the beach and then returned to the water two hours later. Probably initially attached to the turtle, the fish was left on the beach. Recorded by A. Chabrolle. The species is rarely recorded in French waters. On 18 Aug 1930, in the same bay, north of the Île aux Moutons, at about 47.79°N, 4.3°W, a large Leatherback sea turtle, 180 cm TL and estimated to about 300 kg, was captured by a fisherman. It was followed by about 40 Shark suckers and about a hundred Pilotfishes (three Shark suckers, 25, 29 and 37 cm TL and a Pilotfish, 31 cm TL, were examined and preserved at the Marine Station of Concarneau by Bouxin et al., 1930).
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