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Alabes
Sign in to saveAlabes is a genus of clingfishes endemic to Australia along the coasts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderGobiesociformes
- FamilyGobiesocidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded1,131
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 129
- With media
- 84
- Family
- Gobiesocidae
- Collections
- NMV, USNM, AM, CAS, WAM, SAMA
- Recorded in
- Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Gobiesocidae
- Image
- FMIB 45581 Cheilobranchus rufus.jpeg
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- taxon name
- Alabes
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- Category:Alabes
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Description
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- Species
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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.
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