# Suckerfish

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Suckerfish
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Suckerfish.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suckerfish
> Source revision: 1271682495
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

**Suckerfish** or **sucker** may refer to:

- the [remoras](/source/Remora) (family Echeneidae): ray-finned fishes that use suction to hold onto larger marine animals
- the family [Catostomidae](/source/Catostomidae) (suckers): freshwater fish found mostly in North America
- the species *[Hypostomus plecostomus](/source/Hypostomus_plecostomus)* (the suckermouth catfish), or other members of family [Loricariidae](/source/Loricariidae)
- [Chinese sucker fish](/source/Chinese_sucker_fish) (*Beaufortia kweichowensis*): a hillstream loach species native to the riverine fauna of China

## See also

- [Sucker (disambiguation)](/source/Sucker_(disambiguation))
- [Fish (disambiguation)](/source/Fish_(disambiguation))
- [Sucker barb](/source/Sucker_barb) (*Barbichthys laevis*), a ray-finned fish species
- [Sucker catfish (disambiguation)](/source/Sucker_catfish_(disambiguation))
- [Suckermouth](/source/Suckermouth)

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Suckerfish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suckerfish) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suckerfish?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.