Echeneidae

Japanese: Echeneidae
Echeneidae

…the name refers to a general term for fish in the Echeneidae family of fish in the order Perciformes. There are seven species of remora known from Japan, all of which have a distinctive feature of having a modified oval-shaped sucker on the back of their head, resulting from the first dorsal fin.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Echeneidae" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…スズキ目コバンザメ科Echeneidae魚類の総称,またはそのうちの1種を指す。コバンザメ類は日本から7種が知られ,そのいずれも頭部背面に第1背びれの変形した小判状の吸盤をもつことが著しい特徴で,名もこれによる。…

※「Echeneidae」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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