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THE principal characteristic of the Remoras (Echeneididae), which with the Eocene Opisthomyzonidae form the order Discocephali, is the oval, laminated, adhesive disk, placed anteriorly on the broad, flat upper surface of the head, and representing the much modified spinous dorsal fin.
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Norman, J. Remoras or Sucing-Fishe*. Nature 143, 52–55 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143052a0
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