family Echeneididae


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Noun1.family Echeneididae - fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to shipsfamily Echeneididae - fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships
Echeneididae, family Echeneidae
fish family - any of various families of fish
Discocephali, order Discocephali - small order of fishes comprising the remoras
remora, suckerfish, sucking fish - marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects
Echeneis, genus Echeneis - type genus of the Echeneididae: typical remoras
genus Remilegia, Remilegia - a genus of Echeneididae
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