English

A nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) with unidentified echeneids

Noun

echeneid ‎(plural echeneids)

1. Any fish of the family Echeneidae (the remoras or suckerfish).
   • 2000, T. Trnski, J. M. Leis, 81: Echeneidae (Remoras), Jeffrey Martin Leis, Brooke M. Carson-Ewart (editors), The Larvae of Indo-Pacific Coastal Fishes, page 518,

     They are characterized by a unique cephalic sucking disc by which the echeneid attaches itself externally to its host.

   • 2010, Kathleen Sabina Cole, Reproduction and Sexuality in Marine Fishes: Patterns and Processes, page 38,

     Postflexion stage, larvae, and juveniles of some echeneids have been illustrated by Richards (2005a).

   • 2015, Hermann Ehrlich, Biological Materials of Marine Origin: Vertebrates, page 430,

     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.

Synonyms

• (any fish of the family Echeneidae): echeneidid, remora, suckerfish