Common remora: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common remora lives – recorded in 8 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Remora remora
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	8 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Carangiformes
Family	Echeneidae

Where does the common remora live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common remora in 8 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the common remora endangered?

The common remora’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common remora?

The common remora (Remora remora) is a ray-finned fish in the order Carangiformes and the family Echeneidae, genus Remora. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common remora

The common remora (Remora remora) is a pelagic marine fish belonging to the family Echeneidae. The dorsal fin, which has 22 to 26 soft rays, acts as a suction cup, creating a vacuum to allow the fish to attach to larger marine animals, such as whales, dolphins, sharks, and sea turtles.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common remora (revision 1373924504), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q749460 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).