Echeneis

See also: echeneis

Translingual

Sucker on
Echeneis naucrates

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἐχενηΐς (ekhenēḯs, “ship-detaining”) See also Remora.

Proper noun

Echeneis f

A taxonomic genus within the family Echeneidae – the suckerfishes.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Actinopterygii - superclass; Teleostei - class; Carangiformes - order; Echeneidae - family

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