ID this ugly fish ??

[Scuba_Jenny]

Nice pic. I had a sharksucker (a close cousin of the remora) try to attach it self to me once, cept it kept trying to go for my inner thigh! I wouldn't let it attach, for fear of having to explain the black n blue mark there! :shock:

 

[OceanObsessed]

It took a lot of underwater dancing, wiggling, and even whacking away at

... and thus The Macarena was born

 

[rhine64]

Someone mentioned it attaching using its gills. The sucker is actually a modified dorsal fin that is flat and convex and they can create suction by moving the segments of the fin.

 

[scorch]

I recently captured video of a fellow diver being attacked by one of these things. You can check it out at

http://www.fern-meadow.com/Video/VideoList/tabid/77/CategoryId/2/Default.aspx

just click on the "Recently Featured" link at the top of the list. My apologies in advance if viewing is slow.