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Alabes dorsalis (Richardson, 1845)

Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal soft rays: 0. Rays (7-8) present only in caudal fin. Pelvic fins tiny and vestigial sucking disk present. Color variable, from brown to green to orange, often bright; with or without spots or ocelli in series along sides.

Common Names

  • Ålelignende dobbeltsuger , Danish , Denmark
  • Common shore eel , English , Australia
  • Common shore-eel , English , Australia
  • Red-banded shore eel , English , Australia
  • Shore eel , English , Australia
  • Striped brown shore eel , English , Australia
  • 唇鰓鱔 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 唇鳃鳝 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 背鰭鱔 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 背鳍鳝 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Gobiesociformes

    Family: Gobiesocidae

    Genus: Alabes

    Species: Alabes dorsalis (Richardson, 1845)

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Eastern Indian Ocean: southern Australia, from southern Western Australia to southern Queensland, including Tasmania.

    • Biology

    Intertidal and up to 10 m depth (Ref. 9002); found under rocks (Ref. 9002) and, reef and weed areas (Ref. 33839, 56640).

    Habitat

    demersal