Attachment of live sharksuckers (Echeneis naucrates) to Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in Xiamen Bay, China
The live sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates) is a bony fish that uses a specialized suction disk on its head to hitchhike on marine animals. Although live sharksuckers have been recorded attaching to various cetaceans worldwide, such associations between live sharksuckers and cetaceans have rarely been...
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Main Authors: | Fuxing Wu, Bing Zhou, Hao Wu, Yufei Dai, Yu Zhang, Zhongchang Song |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2025-02-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Marine Science |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1516386/full |
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