Alabes
Appearance
Alabes | |
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Alabes dorsalis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiesociformes |
Family: | Gobiesocidae |
Subfamily: | Cheilobranchinae |
Genus: | Alabes 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.[1] They are small, eel-like fishes with narrow tapering bodies and small heads.[2]
Species
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Alabes in FishBase. August 2013 version.
- ^ Bray, Dianne. "Genus Alabes". Fishes of Australia. Archived from the original on 21 May 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2014.