Remora
Remora remora
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Carangiformes
- Family
- Echeneidae
- Genus
- Remora
Where to Find
Found in 55 diving areas across 34 countries and 10 regions.
- South Australia, Australia - 4 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 57 records
- Victoria, Australia - 4 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 1 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 7 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 1 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 15 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 2 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 1 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 2 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 3 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 7 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 3 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 2 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 2 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 4 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 4 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 7 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 4 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 4 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 2 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 2 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 2 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 3 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 7 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 2 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 2 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 5 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 4 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 4 records
- Santiago, Cape Verde - 8 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 4 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 9 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 10 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 4 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Corsica, France - 1 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 3 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 1 records
- Azores, Portugal - 3 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 1 records
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 20 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 23 records
- Hawaii, United States - 3 records
- Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 4 records
- Mancora & North Coast, Peru - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 6 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 2 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 2 records