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.
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 <small>Hutchins, 2006</small>
- Alabes brevis <small>V. G. Springer & T. H. Fraser, 1976</small>
- Alabes dorsalis <small>(J. Richardson, 1845)</small> (common shore-eel)
- Alabes elongata <small>Hutchins & S. M. Morrison, 2004</small>
- Alabes gibbosa <small>Hutchins & S. M. Morrison, 2004</small>
- Alabes hoesei <small>V. G. Springer & T. H. Fraser, 1976</small> (dwarf shore-eel)
- Alabes obtusirostris <small>Hutchins & S. M. Morrison, 2004</small>
- Alabes occidentalis <small>Hutchins & S. M. Morrison, 2004</small>
- Alabes parvula <small>(McCulloch, 1909)</small> (pygmy shore-eel)
- Alabes scotti <small>Hutchins & S. M. Morrison, 2004</small>
- Alabes springeri <small>Hutchins, 2006</small>
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