Catalog of Fishes W.N. Eschmeyer California Academy of Sciences Revised version of June 2007 |
Class: | Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) | FishBase | |||||
Order: | Perciformes | ||||||
Family: | Echeneidae | ||||||
Genus: | Remora Gender: feminine | CAS GEN No: 232 | |||||
Author: | Catesby , 1771 | p.: 26 | CAS REF No: 774 | ||||
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Comments: | Not available, published in a rejected work on Official Index (Opinion 89, Opinion 259). | ||||||
Etymology: | Latin, remora = delay, hindrance (1567) (Ref. 45335). | ||||||
Current Genus: | Show current species | ||||||
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Class: | Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) | FishBase | |||||
Order: | Perciformes | ||||||
Family: | Echeneidae | ||||||
Genus: | Remora Gender: feminine | CAS GEN No: 3069 | |||||
Author: | Gill , 1862 | p.: 239 | CAS REF No: 1664 | ||||
Type: | Echeneis remora Linnaeus , 1758 | ||||||
Type by original designation (name in parentheses in key). | |||||||
Comments: | On Official List (Opinion 242); *Remora* Goüan 1770:183 and *Remora* Forster 1771:20 placed on Official Index. Valid as *Remora* Gill 1862 -- (Lachner 1973:638 [ref. 7221], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:222 [ref. 6441], Lachner in Whitehead et al. 1986:1331 [ref. 13677], Heemstra 1986:663 [ref. 5660], Paxton et al. 1989:572 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:580 [ref. 22532], Lindberg et al. 1997:25 [ref. 23547], Collette 1999:2653 [ref. 24785], O'Toole 2002:616 [ref. 26411], Collette 2003:1415 [ref. 27087], Parin 2003:S5 [ref. 28536], Paxton et al. 2006:1136 [ref. 28994]). | ||||||
Etymology: | Latin, remora = delay, hindrance (1567) (Ref. 45335). | ||||||
Current Genus: | Remora Gill 1862 Show current species | ||||||
Update | CAS specimen photos | Collection records |
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