pallida, Echeneis Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1850:271, Pl. 120 (figs. 2-2a) [Fauna Japonica Last part (15); ref. 4375] Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 3646a. Paralectotypes: RMNH 3646b (1). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:193 [ref. 12876]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Echeneis pallida Lowe 1839. •Wrongly treated as valid as Remora pallida (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Suzuki & Hosokawa 1994:5 [ref. 24339], Nakabo 2000:788 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:788 [ref. 26001]). •Synonym of Remora brachyptera (Lowe 1839) -- (Lachner 1973:639 [ref. 7221], Lachner in Whitehead et al. 1986:1332 [ref. 13677], Lindberg et al. 1997:33 [ref. 23547], Mundy 2005:361 [ref. 28379], Parenti 2021:569 [ref. 38651]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Remora brachyptera (Lowe 1839). Echeneidae. Habitat: marine.