Echeneis is a genus of fish in the family Echeneidae, the remoras.

The genus is distributed in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.

[4] The generic name Echeneis comes from the Greek echein meaning "to hold" and naus meaning "ship", a reference to the ability of these fish to attach themselves to the hulls of vessels and, in legend, to slow them down.

[5] The currently recognized species in this genus are:[4]

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