| Alabes | |
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| Alabes dorsalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Gobiesocidae |
| Subfamily: | Cheilobranchinae |
| Genus: | Alabes Cloquet, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Alabes cuvieri Vaillant, 1905 | |
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Alabes is a genus of clingfishes endemic to Australia along the coasts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Description
Fishes in the genus Alabes are small, eel-like fishes with narrow tapering bodies and small heads.
Distribution
They are endemic to Australia along the coasts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Species
The currently recognised species in this genus are:
- Alabes bathys Hutchins, 2006
- Alabes brevis V. G. Springer & T. H. Fraser, 1976
- Alabes dorsalis (J. Richardson, 1845) (common shore-eel)
- Alabes elongata Hutchins & S. M. Morrison, 2004
- Alabes gibbosa Hutchins & S. M. Morrison, 2004
- Alabes hoesei V. G. Springer & T. H. Fraser, 1976 (dwarf shore-eel)
- Alabes obtusirostris Hutchins & S. M. Morrison, 2004
- Alabes occidentalis Hutchins & S. M. Morrison, 2004
- Alabes parvula (McCulloch, 1909) (pygmy shore-eel)
- Alabes scotti Hutchins & S. M. Morrison, 2004
- Alabes springeri Hutchins, 2006
Footnotes
- Named by Barry Hutchins and Sue Morrison in honour of Eric Oswald Gale Scott, who brought the species to Hutchins' attention.
References
- Bray, Dianne. "Genus Alabes". Fishes of Australia. Archived from the original on 21 May 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Alabes". FishBase. August 2013 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (28 March 2022). "Order Gobiesociformes (Clingfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara.
- Barry Hutchins and Sue Morrison (2004). "Five new fish species of the genus Alabes (Gobiesocidae: Cheilobranchinae)". Records of the Australian Museum. 56 (2): 146–158. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1426.
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