Alabes

Alabes
	Alabes dorsalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Gobiesocidae
Subfamily:	Cheilobranchinae
Genus:	Alabes; Cloquet, 1816
Type species
	Alabes cuvieri; Vaillant, 1905
Synonyms
	Cheilobranchus J. Richardson, 1845;

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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.

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[5] Named by Barry Hutchins and Sue Morrison in honour of Eric Oswald Gale Scott, who brought the species to Hutchins' attention.^[3]^[4]

[fishes-1] Bray, Dianne. "Genus Alabes". Fishes of Australia. Archived from the original on 21 May 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2014.

[FishBase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Alabes". FishBase. August 2013 version.

[ETYFish-3] 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.

[Hutchins2004-4] 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.

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