family Echeneidae

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

family Echeneidae - fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to shipsEcheneididae, family Echeneididaefish family - any of various families of fishDiscocephali, order Discocephali - small order of fishes comprising the remorasremora, suckerfish, sucking fish - marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objectsEcheneis, genus Echeneis - type genus of the Echeneididae: typical remorasgenus Remilegia, Remilegia - a genus of Echeneididae