Adult bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), with remora attached in Roroia, Tuamotus, French Polynesia, South Pacific, Pacific

Adult bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) with remora attached in Roroia, Tuamotus, French Polynesia, South Pacific, Pacific

Adult bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) with remoras attached in Roroia, Tuamotus, French Polynesia, South Pacific, Pacific

Juvenile whale shark (Rhincodon typus) with a common remora attached in Honda Bay, Palawan, The Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

A giant oceanic manta ray (Mobula birostris) with attached remoras at San Benedicto island in Mexico.

Central American Spinner Dolphin, Stenella longirostris centroamericana, breaching with small Remora attached, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean.

Bottlenose dolphins (Tursips truncatus) Gulf of California.A good view of remora attached to a bottlenose dolphin.

Central American Spinner Dolphin, Stenella longirostris centroamericana, spinning with small Remora attached, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean.

Central American Spinner Dolphin, Stenella longirostris centroamericana, spinning with small Remora attached, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean.

Central American Spinner Dolphin, Stenella longirostris centroamericana, spinning with small Remora attached, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean.

Satellite Tag attached to Giant Manta Ray, Ecuador. The lines to the left indicate recent fishing damage. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

Female Hawaiian spinner dolphin spinning to remove remora attached below dorsal fin?

Adult Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) head-slapping (possibly to remove the remora attached to its chest?) in the AuAu Channel between Maui and Lanai, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Central American Spinner Dolphin, Stenella longirostris centroamericana, spinning with very small Remora attached, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean.

Blue whale (balaenoptera musculus) Remora attached to a blue whale.The Gulf of California.

Common Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, breaching with two large Remora's attached, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean.

Hawaiian spinner dolphin calf leaping with remora attached. AuAu Channel, Maui.

Pantropical Spotted Dolphin, Stenella attenuata, breaching with small Remora attached, Island of Saint Helena, South Atlantic Ocean.

Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) leaping off the coast of Lanai, Hawaii, USA. Note the remora attached to the chest and damage it has caused! Pacific Ocean.

Pantropical Spotted Dolphin, Stenella attenuata, breaching with small Remora attached, Island of Saint Helena, South Atlantic Ocean.