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title: "Sharksucker"
description: "Echeneis naucrates — Pesci. The live sharksucker or slender sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates) is a species of marine fish in the family Echeneidae, the remoras."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/sharksucker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sharksucker

> Echeneis naucrates — Pesci. The live sharksucker or slender sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates) is a species of marine fish in the family Echeneidae, the remoras.

- Scientific name: *Echeneis naucrates*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 3206
- Wikidata: [Q1156517](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1156517)
- iNaturalist taxon: [48844](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48844)

## Names

- en: Sharksucker
- de: Schiffshalter
- es: Rémora rayada
- fr: Rémora rayé
- pl: Podnawka

## Countries with the most observations

AU (284), US (260), EG (204), ID (200), PH (125), MX (88), NC (80), FJ (77), PF (72), MV (64), TH (57), BS (54)

## Summary

The live sharksucker or slender sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates) is a species of marine fish in the family Echeneidae, the remoras.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_sharksucker

## Photo

![Sharksucker](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sharksucker/medium.jpg)

Photo: georgiasteel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/288412328

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sharksucker?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).