remora: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	sharksucker • Echeneidae • suckerfish

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remora and shark

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live sharksucker white suckerfish Percoidea sea bass cichlid carangid butterflyfish drum darter porgy damselfish snapper leaf fish

Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters

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