'A combination of amazement and horror': Hitchhiker fish hide in manta ray ...

Hitchhiker fish known as remoras have a very unexpected hiding place: the rear ends of manta rays. A July 2021 observation of a Remora remora protruding from a juvenile male Mobula yarae cloacal opening in Florida. - (Image credit: Bryant Turffs, Marine Megafauna Foundation) Hitchhiking fish that are famous for suctioning themselves to other marine animals have a very unexpected hiding place: the rear ends of manta rays, a new study finds. These fish, known as remoras (family Echeneidae), frequently get free rides when they use their suction discs ‪—‬ modified backs, or dorsal fins ‪—‬ to latch onto marine...