Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758)

Iglésias, Samuel P., Bariche, Michel, Beau, Florent, Bérenger, Lucas, Beucher, Renaud, Chabrolle, Antoine, Cottalorda, Jean-Michel, Cousin, Bertrand, Curd, Amelia, Danet, Valentin, Duhamel, Erwan, Duval, Audrey, Farque, Pierre-André, Goascoz, Nicolas, Jadaud, Angélique, Larnaud, Pascal, Bouter, Mathieu Le, Bras, Yvan Le, Bris, Sylvain Le, Lombard, Laurent, Louisy, Patrick, Mandine, Alain, Mas, Lise, Menut, Thomas, Metral, Luisa, Poussard, Pierre, Quéro, Jean-Claude, Raybaud, Virginie, Renoult, Julien P., Richard, Thomas, Spitz, Jérôme, Ternon, Quentin, Thiriet, Pierre & Tournier-Broer, Ruben, 2021, French ichthyological records for 2019, Cybium 45 (3), pp. 169-188 : 176

Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758)

A Shark sucker, Echeneidae ( Fig. 5A ), was collected along with three Pilotfishes (see this article), by Mr Pascal Malejacq on 09 Sep 2019 on the beach close to the slipway of Beig Meil (Baie de la Forêt, Finistère), at 47.8608°N, 3.9832°W. The fish was estimated to about 45 cm TL. It was accompanying an adult Leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) , about 150-200 cm long, which crawled onto the beach and then returned to the water two hours later. Probably initially attached to the turtle, the fish was left on the beach. Recorded by A. Chabrolle. The species is rarely recorded in French waters. On 18 Aug 1930, in the same bay, north of the Île aux Moutons, at about 47.79°N, 4.3°W, a large Leatherback sea turtle, 180 cm TL and estimated to about 300 kg, was captured by a fisherman. It was followed by about 40 Shark suckers and about a hundred Pilotfishes (three Shark suckers, 25, 29 and 37 cm TL and a Pilotfish, 31 cm TL, were examined and preserved at the Marine Station of Concarneau by Bouxin et al., 1930).

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Figure 5. – Significant French ichthyological records for 2019 (continued). A: Remora remora, ~45 cm TL, 09 Sep 2019 (© P. Malejacq); B: Caranx crysos, 422 mm TL, 13 Sep 2019, MNHN-IC 2021-0145 (© S.P. Iglésias); C: Naucrates ductor, ~30-35 cm TL, 09 Sep 2019, reversed image (© P. Malejacq); D: Trachurus picturatus, 182 mm TL, 23 Oct 2019, MNHN-IC 2021-0146 (© S.P. Iglésias); E: Seriola rivoliana, ~45 cm TL, 24 Aug 2019 (© L. Alexandre); F: Seriola rivoliana, 45 cm TL, 13 Sep 2019 (© R. Beucher); G: Argyrosomus regius, 155 cm TL, 17 Aug 2019 (© V. Ravel); H: Parablennius pilicornis, ~8 cm TL, 09 Sep 2019 (© P. Thiriet).