''Alabes'' is a

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clingfish Clingfishes are fishes of the family Gobiesocidae, the only family in the order Gobiesociformes. These fairly small to very small fishes are widespread in tropical and temperate regions, mostly near the coast, but a few species in deeper seas or ...

es endemic to Australia along the coasts of the

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and

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s. They are small, eel-like fishes with narrow tapering bodies and small heads.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are: * '' Alabes bathys'' Hutchins, 2006 * ''

Alabes brevis ''Alabes'' is a genus of clingfishes endemic to Australia along the coasts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They are small, eel-like fishes with narrow tapering bodies and small heads. Species The currently recognized species in this genus ar ...

'' V. G. Springer & T. H. Fraser, 1976 * '' Alabes dorsalis'' ( J. Richardson, 1845) (common shore-eel) * '' Alabes elongata'' Hutchins & S. M. Morrison, 2004 * ''

Alabes gibbosa ''Alabes'' is a genus of clingfishes endemic to Australia along the coasts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They are small, eel-like fishes with narrow tapering bodies and small heads. Species The currently recognized species in this genus are ...

'' 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 The pygmy shore eel (''Alabes parvula'') is a species of clingfish from the family Gobiesocidae. It is endemic to south eastern Australia where it can be found within seagrass beds and sometimes on rocky reefs at depths of less than from Point C ...

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, 1909) (pygmy shore-eel) * ''

Alabes scotti ''Alabes'' is a genus of clingfishes endemic to Australia along the coasts of the Indian and Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north ...

'' Hutchins & S. M. Morrison, 2004 * ''

Alabes springeri ''Alabes'' is a genus of clingfishes endemic to Australia along the coasts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They are small, eel-like fishes with narrow tapering bodies and small heads. Species The currently recognized species in this genus are ...

'' Hutchins, 2006

References

Gobiesocidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Hippolyte Cloquet {{Gobiesociformes-stub