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My recommendation is to return the Echeneidae and determine if it is a species you would truly like to keep.
Remora (family Echeneidae), the oddball fishes that are often pictured attached (with their specialized dorsal fins) to Manta Rays, Sharks (boats, divers...).
And though they are not shy at the dinner table, no to being algae eaters per se.
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  AllRefer.com - remora (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia
remora[rem´uru] Pronunciation Key, any of the several species of warmwater fishes of the family Echeneidae, characterized by an oval sucking disk on the top of the head.
Largest and most common is the shark remora, or sharksucker, which reaches 3 ft (90 cm) in length and attaches itself to sharks; it is found along the Atlantic coast N of Long Island in the summer.
Remoras are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Osteichthyes, order Echeniformes, family Echeneidae.
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 Bruce B. Collette Publications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Importance of assessing taxonomic adequacy in determining fishing effects on marine biodiversity.
COLLETTE, BRUCE B. Remoras and sharksuckers, family Echeneidae; Dolphinfishes, family Coryphaenidae.
COLLETTE, BRUCE B. Families Batrachoididae, Belonidae, Scomberesocidae, Hemiramphidae, Pomatomidae, Echeneidae, Rachycentridae, Coryphaenidae, Luvaridae, and Scombridae.
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 Echeneidae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
SUBPHYLUM: Vertebrata SUPERCLASS: Gnathostomata GRADE: Teleostomi CLASS: Actinopterygii SUBCLASS: Neopterygii DIVISION: Teleostei SUBDIVISION: Euteleostei SUPERORDER: Acanthopterygii SERIES: Percomorpha ORDER: Perciformes FAMILY: Echeneidae
Characterized by the presence of a dorsal suction disk derived from the dorsal fin 2.
They attach themselves to large marine vertebrates using the dorsal sucker.
www.plu.edu /~behrenmd/fishweb/Echeneidae.htm   (48 words)

  
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Fishes of the Family Echeneidae, Order Perciformes (perch-likes).
See FishBase for more information on this Family.
Poissons de la famille des Echeneidae, ordre des Perciformes (percomorphes).
fishbase.org /Glossary/Glossary.cfm?TermEnglish=Remoras   (55 words)

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