Habitat 
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Role WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
The elongated body has a broad dark stripe, usually bordered by pale lines. Pectoral fins are pointed, and a lamellate disc lies on top of the head. This structure derives from the dorsal fin. Colour patterns vary with age; length may reach about 1.1 m.WHERE DOES IT LIVE?
Striped remoras occupy reefs and open waters. Hosts include large bony fishes, sharks, rays, turtles and some marine mammals. A host provides transport or contact and is not a prey item. Natural distribution extends well beyond the sequences available in Dive.Explo360.WHAT DOES IT EAT?
The documented diet includes small prey, host parasites and food scraps. Juveniles may clean reef fishes. Association therefore creates different feeding opportunities, but the host must not be placed in the “What I eat” list. This film shows independent swimming.GO FURTHER WITH AMIGANSEAU
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