Alabes

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]

Alabes
Alabes dorsalis
Scientific classification
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

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
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References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Alabes in FishBase. August 2013 version.
  2. Bray, Dianne. "Genus Alabes". Fishes of Australia. Archived from the original on 21 May 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2014.


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