Species Remora osteochir (Cuvier, 1829)
Marlinsucker
- Echeneis osteochir Cuvier, G.L. 1829. Le Règne Animal Distribué d'après son Organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Poissons. Paris : Fortin, Masson et Co. Vol. 2 Nouvelle édition, pp. 122-406. [348, pl. 108.3].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP A.5934, Martinique; MNHP A.5945, Martinique.
Generic Combinations
- Rhombochirus osteochir (Cuvier, 1829). —
Gill, T.N. 1863. Catalogue of the fishes of lower California, in the Smithsonian Institution, collected by Mr. J. Xantus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 15(2): 80-88 [88] (changed combination as type of genus Rhombochirus)
Whitley, G.P. 1949. Sucking fishes. Australian Museum Magazine 10(1): 17-23 [23]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [56] (2130)
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
NW Australia and off Lizard Island (14º32´S) to Townsville, QLD (19º16´S); tropical, circumglobal.
IMCRA
Northwest Transition (3), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine, pelagic.
General References
Gray, K.N., McDowell, J.R., Collette, B.B. & Graves, J.E. 2009. A molecular phylogeny of the remoras and their relatives. Bulletin of Marine Science 84(2): 183-198 [190]
O'Toole, B. 2002. Phylogeny of the species of the superfamily Echeneoidea (Perciformes: Carangoidei: Echeneidae, Rachycentridae, and Coryphaenidae), with an interpretation of echeneid hitchhiking behaviour. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80(4): 596-623 [616]
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Marlinsucker)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2012 | 05-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |