Echeneidae

Fricke, Ronald, Allen, Gerald R., Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Hamel, Mélanie A., Laboute, Pierre, Mana, Ralph, Hui, Tan Heok & Uyeno, Daisuke, 2014, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of Madang District, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 820 new records, Zootaxa 3832 (1), pp. 1-247 : 81

Echeneidae

Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758 —Sharksucker

STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on specimens photographed at St. CTR 24. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Circumglobal in tropical and temperate oceans. Temporarily attached to a variety of hosts including sharks, rays, large bony fishes or sea turtles, whales, dolphins and to ships; often found free-swimming in shallow inshore areas and around coral reefs, 0– 85 m. Marine.

Phtheirichthys lineatus (Menzies, 1791) —Slender suckerfish

STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Herre (1933: 12).

DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate oceans. Temporarily attached to a variety of hosts including barracudas ( Sphyraenidae ), other large fishes, and tirtles), 0– 5 m. Marine.