Echeneis
See also: echeneis
Translingual
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
Hyponyms
- (genus): Echeneis naucrates (live sharksucker) - type species; Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. (whitefin sharksucker) - other extant species
References
- Echeneis (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Echeneis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Echeneis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons