EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The relationship between remora fish and shark can be considered as mutualism. Remora attaches itself to the shark, to travel different parts of the sea by floating with the shark. It helps the remora fish to travel without burning energy. They also get to eat scraps of food dropped by the shark.

Detailed explanation-2: -Another example of mutualism can be seen with the Leopard shark and remora fish that swim next to it, sometimes attached to the body. The remoras swim very close to the sharks, feeding off scraps of food dropped by the shark and also gaining some protection from predators.

Detailed explanation-3: -A marine example of commensalism would be a Whale Shark and a Remora, the Remora stays under the shark’s belly and catches and excess food that the shark has left behind. The shark is benefiting the Remora because it is basically feeding the it.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most classic example of commensalism on reefs is the remora. Commonly called “suckerfish” or “sharksuckers”, these fish (of the family Echeneidae) attach themselves to the skin of larger marine animals like sharks and manta rays via a specialized organ on what we might consider their back.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sometimes these relationships grow between the most unlikely of pairs! In the animal world, if the relationship benefits both species it is known as a symbiotic relationship. One example of symbiosis is the relationship between sharks and remora fish.