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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Sisoridae (Sisorid catfishes) > Glyptosterninae
Etymology: Pseudecheneis: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, echein = to hold + Greek, nays = ship; remora, suckling fish; 1774 (Ref. 45335); crassicauda: Derived from the Latin crassus, meaning thick, and cauda, meaning tail, in reference to the deep caudal peduncle of this species.

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Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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Asia: Mewa Khola of the Tamur River drainage in Nepal.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55391)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal soft rays: 10 - 13; Vertebrae: 38 - 39. Distinguished from its congeners by the unique combination of the following characters: 38-39 vertebrae, caudal peduncle depth 6.0-6.9% SL, eye diameter 7.5-8.3% HL, length of adipose-fin base 20.3-24.3% SL, pelvic fins reaching the base of the first anal-fin ray, and the presence of pale spots on the body (Ref. 55391).

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Ng, H.H. and D.R. Edds, 2005. Two new species of Pseudecheneis, rheophilic catfishes (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Nepal. Zootaxa 1047:1-19. (Ref. 55391)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 21 December 2009

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00589 (0.00264 - 0.01315), b=3.08 (2.88 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Pseudecheneis crassicauda Ng & Edds, 2005