Remora albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 242

Remora albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)

Occurrence: possible

Maximum length: 30 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range:?- 200 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2010)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: Oceanic. The preferred hosts are Manta rays, but there are also a few records from sharks. Found in warm parts of all oceans. Eastern central Atlantic: known from St. Paul’s Rocks.