Biology:Alabes

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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.[1]

Distribution

They are endemic to Australia along the coasts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[2]

Species

The currently recognised species in this genus are:[2]

  • 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[lower-alpha 1]
  • Alabes springeri Hutchins, 2006

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Named by Barry Hutchins and Sue Morrison in honour of Eric Oswald Gale Scott, who brought the species to Hutchins' attention.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Bray, Dianne. "Genus Alabes". http://www.fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/genus/32. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Alabes in FishBase. August 2013 version.
  3. ↑ 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. https://etyfish.org/gobiesociformes/. 
  4. ↑ Barry Hutchins; 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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