Image: Slender Suckerfish attached to a Zebra Shark

Slender Suckerfish attached to a Zebra Shark

A Slender Suckerfish, Echeneis naucrates, attached to a Zebra Shark at a depth of 25 m, North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, April 1996.

Photographer:
Ian Shaw
Rights:
© Ian Shaw
Common name:
Zebra Shark
Scientific name:
Stegostoma fasciatum
Family:
Stegostomatidae
Order:
Orectolobiformes

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Tags fish, ichthyology, Slender Suckerfish, Stegostoma fasciatum, Echeneis naucrates, sandy bottom, Zebra Shark, Orectolobidae,