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 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
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