Remora osteochir Cuvier, 1829
Synonyms:
Echeneis osteochir Cuvier, 1829, Le Règne animal, ed. II, 2: 348.
Echeneis jacobaea Lowe, 1839, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 7: 89 (Madeira).
Echeneis osteochire: Valenciennes, in Cuvier, 1842, Règne animal, Disciples Ed.: 312, pl. 108 (fig. 3).
Echeneis tetrapturorum Poey, 1860, Poissons de Cuba: 256 (Cuba). Syntypes: USNM no. 153581, MCZ no. 21805, 27228, 8652, 27229.
Rhombochirus osteochir: Gill, 1864,15 (4): 88 | Maul, 1956, 9: 26, fig. 3A.
Echeneis pediculus Girard, 1892, Bol. Soc. Geogr. Lisboa, Ser. 11 (9): 611, pl. 2 (fig. 1-3) (Portugal).
Echeneis megalodiscus Franz, 1910, Abhandl. K.Bayer. Akad. Wiss., 4: 69, pl. 8 (Japan).
Rhombochirus megalodiscus: Jordan et aL, 1913, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 33: 311 (Japan).
Remoropsis brachyptera (nec Lowe): Fowler, 1928, Mem. Bernice P. Bishop Mus., 10: 421 (part.).
Echeneis terapturorum: Jordan et al., 1930 (2): 450 (err. typ.)
Echeneis osteochir: Beaufort, 1962, 11: 442.
Echeneis Musignani O.G. Costa, 1840, Fauna R. Napoli: 9, pl. 27-27bis (South Italy). Lectotype MZUF 1096 (Taranto).
Echmeis brachyptera (nec Lowe, 1839): Giglioli, 1880: 25.
Echeneis Musignani: Tortonese, 1972: 4.
Rhombochirus osteochir: Tortonese, 1973: 200, fig. lc ,1975a: 476, fig. 208.
Common names:
marlinsucker [UK and USA]
sailfishsucker [UK and USA]