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Taxon: Family Echeneidae Rafinesque, 1810 - remoras and sharksuckers (fish)
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Authorship

Original name & rank:  Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice Ittiol. Sicil.: 29 ("Ordine. Gli Echeneidi."). [family, nom. vernac.]. ≡
Latinized name:  Bonaparte, C.L. 1831c. Giorn. Arcad. Sci. 52: 162, 184. ("Famiglia 26. Echeneididæ."). ≡
Subsequent spelling:  Swainson, W. 1839. Nat. Hist. Class. Fish. Amphib. Rept. 2: 31, 32, 43, 44. ("Echeneidæ").
Subsequent publication:  Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse: 87 ("S. F. Echenidia."). ≡
Subsequent publication:  Risso, A. 1826. Hist. Nat. Eur. Mérid. 3: 269 ("Famille. - Les Échénéides."). ≡
Source for the authorship:  van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 97 ("Rafinesque 1810").

Attributes

Imperfect name (orth. inval.: orth. imperf.) [ICZN] Ref: G.C. Steyskal, 1980. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 93 (1): 170 (4).
Available family-group name, later latinized [ICZN, 1999: Art. 11.7.2 (<1900)] Ref: R. van der Laan et al. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 97 ("Article 11.7.2").
Correct [original] spelling [ICZN, 1999: Art. 29.3.1.1 (fam.: -id-)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 25 Jun 2024.
Spelling in prevailing usage (: [orth. praeval.]) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 29.3.1.1 (fam.: -id-)] Ref: van der Laan et al., 2014: 97 ("Spelling in prevailing recent practice").

Types

Type: Echeneis (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 362; [<15 Feb 2024]. [inferred]

Variants

Correct spelling: Echeneididae (Family) Rafinesque, 1810 Ref: G.C. Steyskal, 1980: 170.
Former spelling: Echeneididae (Family) Rafinesque, 1810 Ref: R. van der Laan et al., 2014: 97. [implicit]
Former spelling: Echeneididae (Family) Rafinesque, 1810 Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 384; ECoF(11 Jun 2024).

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: zuigvissen
: schildvissen

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: remoras and sharksuckers Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2478; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
: remoras Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 384.
: sharksuckers Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 384.
: remoras Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 686.
: suckfishes Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 686.
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