Shark sucker (Remora remora). Norsk: Sugefisk.
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Villmarksliv's official list of Norwegian sport-fishing records has no record for Shark sucker yet. The first registered fish that meets the rules becomes the record.
About Shark sucker
NOAA CCMA Biogeography Team (Public domain)
The shark sucker, or common remora (Remora remora), is a fish that hitches rides on other animals. Its first dorsal fin has evolved into a large, ridged suction disc on top of the head, which it uses to attach itself to sharks, large fish, sea turtles, whales and even boats. The body is torpedo-shaped and round in cross-section, and uniformly brown, grey or almost black. Most are about 40 cm long, with a maximum of roughly 86 cm. It lives in warm seas worldwide. From its host it gets free transport, a flow of water over the gills and scraps of food, and it also eats parasitic copepods from the host's skin. In Norwegian waters it is a very rare visitor, occasionally arriving with blue sharks or other sharks moving north. It is listed as Not Applicable (NA) on the Norwegian Red List 2021 because it only turns up irregularly.
Sources: Artsdatabanken, Wikipedia
- Habitat: Saltvann
- Red list status: NA (2021)
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- Norwegian sport-fishing records are registered with Villmarksliv, not with FishComp. Read the rules before you do anything else with the fish.
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Source: Villmarksliv's official Norwegian records (klikk.no).