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  • body robust
    head disc plates 12-14, reaches pectoral tip
    whitish
    C straight/rounded
    Remora albescens, White Remora, White suckerfish
    pectoral rounded
    pelvics narrowly attached to belly
  • head: sucker passes pectoral, 24-28 plates
    body robust
    body uniform; D & A - white margins
    D 22-26
    C concave
    Remora australis, the Whalesucker
    gill rakers 17-20
    pectoral rounded
    pelvics broadly joined to body
  • head: sucker reaches mid-pectoral, 14-17 plates
    body robust
    D 27-34
    C slightly concave
    Remora brachyptera, Spearfish Remora
    gill rakers 14-17
    pectoral rounded, tip flexible
    pelvics broadly joined to body
  • head: sucker passes pectoral, 15-19 plates
    body slender
    D 20-26
    pectoral rounded, all stiff
    C blunt/slightly concave
    Remora osteochir, the Marlinsucker
    11-17 gill rakers
    pectoral rounded
    pelvics broadly joined to body
  • head sucker reaches ~tip pectoral, 16-22 plates
    body robust
    D 21-27
    C concave
    Remora remora, Common Remora, the Remora
    gill rakers 28-37
    pectoral rounded
    pelvics broadly joined to body