Alabes
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Genus: | Alabes Cloquet, 1816
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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.[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
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Alabes". FishBase. August 2013 version.
- ^ Bray, Dianne. "Genus Alabes". Fishes of Australia. Retrieved 29 September 2014.