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  • body elongate, depth 7-12.5% SL
    head disc - usually 23 plates
    D & A usually 39 & 36
    D, A & C tips narrowly white
    Echeneis naucrates, Sharksucker, Live Sharksucker, Sharksucker Remora
    pectoral pointed
  • head disc - usually 21 plates
    body elongate, depth 7-12.5% SL
    D & A usually 36 & 33
    D, A & C tips broadly white
    Echeneis neucratoides, Whitefin Sharksucker, Whitefin Sharksucker Remora
    pectoral pointed