Alabes Explained

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.

Species

The currently recognised species in this genus are:

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bray. Dianne. Genus Alabes. Fishes of Australia. 29 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20170521045253/http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/genus/32. 21 May 2017. dead.