Remora osteochir (Cuvier, 1829)

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 osteochir (Cuvier, 1829)

Occurrence: possible

Maximum length: 40 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range:?- 200 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: warm and temperate seas of all oceans. Eastern central Atlantic: known from Madeira Island and from the southern Mediterranean Sea and Morocco south along West Africa to South Africa.