Alabes

Alabes is a genus of fish plate ( Gobiesocidae ). The referred to in English as " shore - eels " small fish live in more temperate, Australian coastal waters and on the coast of Norfolk Island.

Features

Alabes species have an elongated, eel-like body and reach body lengths from 2.3 to 12 cm. They are often conspicuously colored colorful. The caudal fin is small and grown together with the dorsal and the anal fin to form a continuous Flossensaum. Latter lack the fin rays and they are more like low skin folds. The caudal fin is supported 4-12 fin rays. Pectoral fins are missing. The pelvic fins are missing or are reduced to a small, standing immediately in front of the gill rudiment. The typical sign Pisces suction disc is not formed. Only Alabes dorsalis has a rudimentary sucker. The skin of the fish is smooth, without scales and covered with a thick layer of mucus. The lateral line system consists of small pores and papillae. The urogenital papillae has eye-catching. The head is small, the snout short and rounded when viewed from above or pointed. The nostrils are small but clearly visible, the front extended tubular and the rear with a raised edge. The gill openings are small and are located on the head base. The number of gill arches and the Branchiostegalstrahlen are each at three. Palate teeth are missing.

Species

There are eleven types:

• Alabes Bathys Hutchins, 2006
• Alabes brevis Springer & Fraser, 1976
• Alabes dorsalis ( Richardson, 1845)
• Alabes elongata Hutchins & Morrison, 2004
• Alabes gibbosa Hutchins & Morrison, 2004
• Alabes hoesei Springer & Fraser, 1976
• Alabes obtusirostris Hutchins & Morrison, 2004
• Alabes occidentalis Hutchins & Morrison, 2004
• Alabes parvula ( McCulloch, 1909)
• Alabes scotti Hutchins & Morrison, 2004
• Alabes springeri Hutchins, 2006