Alabes
| Alabes | |
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| Alabes dorsalis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Gobiesocidae |
| Subfamily: | Cheilobranchinae |
| Genus: | Cloquet, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Alabes cuvieri Vaillant, 1905
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| Synonyms | |
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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[a]
- 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.[3][4]
References
- ^ Bray, Dianne. "Genus Alabes". Fishes of Australia. Archived from the original on 21 May 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ a b 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.