Editing Remora (section)

{{Short description|Family (Echeneidae) of ray-finned fish}}
{{About|the remora family|the genus|Remora (genus)|the rescue vehicle|Australian Submarine Rescue Vehicle Remora}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Remora
| fossil_range = {{Geological range|33.9 |0|Early [[Oligocene]] – Recent<ref>Friedman, Matt, et al. "An early fossil remora (Echeneoidea) reveals the evolutionary assembly of the adhesion disc." Proc. R. Soc. B 280.1766 (2013): 20131200.</ref>}}
| image = Remora remora.jpg
| image_caption = [[Common remora]], ''Remora remora''
| taxon = Echeneidae
| authority = [[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque|Rafinesque]], 1810<ref name = VDLEF>{{cite journal | author1 = Richard van der Laan | author2 = William N. Eschmeyer | author3 = Ronald Fricke | name-list-style=amp |year=2014 | title = Family-group names of Recent fishes | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 3882 | issue =2 | pages = 001–230| doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 | pmid = 25543675 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision_ref = <ref name = CofF>{{Cof family|family=Echeneidae|access-date=16 November 2019}}</ref>
| subdivision = * ''[[Echeneis (fish)|Echeneis]]'' <small>[[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758</small>
* ''[[Slender suckerfish|Phtheirichthys]]'' <small>[[Theodore Nicholas Gill|Gill]], 1862</small>
* ''[[Remora (genus)|Remora]]'' <small>Gill, 1862</small>
| synonyms = Echeneididae
}}

The '''remora''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|ɛ|m|ə|r|ə|}}),  sometimes called '''suckerfish''' or '''sharksucker''', is any of a family ('''Echeneidae''') of [[Actinopterygii|ray-finned fish]] in the order [[Carangiformes]].<ref name = Nelson5>{{cite book |title=Fishes of the World |edition=5th |author1=J. S. Nelson |author2=T. C. Grande |author3=M. V. H. Wilson |year=2016 |pages=384 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-1-118-34233-6 |url=https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/ |access-date=2019-11-16 |archive-date=2019-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408194051/https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Depending on species, they grow to {{cvt|30–110|cm}} long. Their distinctive first [[dorsal fin]]s take the form of a modified oval, sucker-like organ with slat-like structures that open and close to create suction and take a firm hold against the skin of larger marine animals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2013/january/sharksucker-fishs-strange-disc-explained118235.html |title=Sharksucker fish's strange disc explained |publisher=Natural History Museum |date=28 January 2013 |access-date=5 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201194123/http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2013/january/sharksucker-fishs-strange-disc-explained118235.html}}</ref> The disk is made up of stout, flexible membranes that can be raised and lowered to generate suction.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Marine Fish & Sea Creatures|last=Beer, Amy-Jane. Derek Hall.|publisher=Lorenz Books | year=2012|isbn=978-0-7548-2290-5|location=Leicestershire|pages=235}}</ref> By sliding backward, the remora can increase the suction, or it can release itself by swimming forward. Remoras sometimes attach to small boats, and have been observed attaching to divers as well. They swim well on their own, with a sinuous, or curved, motion.