Author: (Bennett, 1840)
FBname: Whalesucker
Comments: Oceanic, mostly in warm seas.  Attaches itself only to whales and porpoises (Ref. 7251).  One adult couple was recorded attached to the same individual spinner dolphin for a period of about 3 months (Ref. 50801).  A common associate of spinner dolphins at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, southeast Atlantic, where it occurs year-round.  Recorded feeding on spinner dolphins’ feces and vomits (Ref. 48727).