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  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
Yes
  Status  
Accepted name
  Status details  
senior synonym, original combination
  Status ref.  
  Comment  
Pseudecheneis is feminine.
  Etymology of generic noun  
Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, echein = to hold + Greek, nays = ship; remora, suckling fish; 1774 (Ref. 45335).
  Etymology of specific epithet  
From the Latin adjective brachyurus (bobtail), in reference to the dumpier caudal peduncle, distinguished from Pseudecheneis gracilis and Pseudecheneis stenura in the same water system.
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
  Link to other databases  
ITIS TSN : None | Catalogue of Life | ZooBank | WoRMS