Help me indetify Mediterranean fish

[nm231]

Hi guys,
I'm normally a viewer rather than a poster but this has been bugging me.
I was on holiday in northern Cyprus a few years back and had an underwater camera.
Saw a few great underwater creatures whilst snorkeling: loggerhead turtle, barracuda, a Star Fish and quite a few others.
One fish I can't identify though, maybe you lot could help me?






Best pictures i've got of it.

Edited by nm231 on Wednesday 19th October 08:08

[Roberty]

It is a Remora.

Usually seen stuck to the undersides of Manta Rays, large sharks etc.

You see the oval patch on the back of it's head, that is what they use to adhere themselves to the underside of large fish, manatee's and whales



This is a different species of Remora to the one you saw but you can clearly see the sucker on the back of the head.

Wikipedia, that font of all dubious knowledge says that Remora's spawn in the Med between August and September.

Edited by Roberty on Wednesday 19th October 08:32

[nm231]

Cheers Roberty, have been searching Google images for ages trying to find out what it was.

[M@verick]

Roberty said:

It is a Remora.

Usually seen stuck to the undersides of Manta Rays, large sharks etc.

You see the oval patch on the back of it's head, that is what they use to adhere themselves to the underside of large fish, manatee's and whales



This is a different species of Remora to the one you saw but you can clearly see the sucker on the back of the head.

Wikipedia, that font of all dubious knowledge says that Remora's spawn in the Med between August and September.

Edited by Roberty on Wednesday 19th October 08:32

+1 Definitely.

I was diving in the Seychelles two years ago, and had one attach itself to me for the duration of the dive. Scared me half to death at first.

R.

[andrew_huxtable]

Ah you learn something everyday, i all ways figured that the sucker patch would be on the bottom of the fish, never ever thought it would be on its head...