The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
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| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
| Remora albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) | white suckerfish | western Indian Ocean including Réunion and Mauritius, in the eastern Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Chile (but is rare north of Baja California), and in the western and eastern central Atlantic Ocean from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to Brazil and St. Paul's Rocks. |
 | Remora australis (F. D. Bennett, 1840) | whalesucker | Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic Ocean, it occurs from Texas to Brazil, and in the eastern Pacific Ocean, it occurs from Vancouver Island to Chile. |
 | Remora brachyptera (R. T. Lowe, 1839) | spearfish remora | worldwide distribution in tropical and subtropical seas |
 | Remora osteochir (G. Cuvier, 1829) | marlin sucker | worldwide distribution in tropical and subtropical seas |
 | Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758) | common remora or shark sucker | western Mediterranean and the Atlantic, as well as the North Sea |
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