Biology:Alabes

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Alabes
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Alabes dorsalis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiesociformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Subfamily: Cheilobranchinae
Genus: Alabes
Cloquet, 1816
Type species
Alabes cuvieri
Vaillant, 1905
Synonyms
  • Cheilobranchus J. Richardson, 1845

Alabes is a genus of clingfishes endemic to Australia along the coasts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[1] They are small, eel-like fishes with narrow tapering bodies and small heads.[2]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]

  • 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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Alabes in FishBase. August 2013 version.
  2. Bray, Dianne. "Genus Alabes". http://www.fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/genus/32. 

Wikidata ☰ Q930972 entry