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Remora
Remora meaning
Any of various elongate fish from the family Echeneidae, the dorsal fin of which is in the form of a suction disc that can take a firm hold against the skin of larger marine animals. | A serpent. | A delay; a hindrance, an obstacle.
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Ferrari has been the remora suckerfish to Pirelli’s great white shark for over 70 years now, as the two move through the world in a mutualistic arrangement.
The remora consumes leftovers dropped by the shark and eats parasites that live in its mouth.
How do remora fishes sense when to hitch-on to their travel companions?
This is the astonishing underwater snap that won an international photography competition as a daredevil photographer caught the moment a huge whale shark swallowed a shoal of remora fish.
We dove into the literature to try and find structures that fit the morphology of those we saw in the remora histology.