Species Alabes dorsalis (Richardson, 1845)

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• Cheilobranchus dorsalis Richardson, J. 1845. Ichthyology. 17-52 pls 7-8 (parts), 11-30 in Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (eds). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839–43. London : E.W. Janson Vol. 2 139 pp. pls 1-60. [for publication date see Hureau, J.C. & Monod, Th. (eds) 1973. Checklist of the Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean. CLOFNAM 1. Paris : UNESCO 331 pp. [127]] [50, pl. 30(1-5)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1848.3.18.37, north WA.

  Type locality references:

  Springer, V.G. & Fraser, T.H. 1976. Synonymy of the fish families Cheilobranchidae (=Alabetidae) and Gobiesocidae, with descriptions of two new species of Alabes. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 234: 1-23 figs 1-14 [16] (the stated type locality questionable as species is not known from that area).
• Cheilobranchus aptenodytum Richardson, J. 1845. Ichthyology. 17-52 pls 7-8 (parts), 11-30 in Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (eds). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839–43. London : E.W. Janson Vol. 2 139 pp. pls 1-60. [for publication date see Hureau, J.C. & Monod, Th. (eds) 1973. Checklist of the Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean. CLOFNAM 1. Paris : UNESCO 331 pp. [127]] [51].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1848.3.18.75, uncertain, as Penguin Island in the subantarctic.

  Type locality references:

  Springer, V.G. & Fraser, T.H. 1976. Synonymy of the fish families Cheilobranchidae (=Alabetidae) and Gobiesocidae, with descriptions of two new species of Alabes. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 234: 1-23 figs 1-14.
• Chilobranchus rufus Macleay, W.J. 1881. Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. Part 4. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 6(2): 202-387 [sometimes cited as 1882] [266].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM I.16264–001, Port Jackson, NSW; AM I.16265–001, TAS; BMNH 1890.9.23.260-261, Port Jackson, NSW.
• Alabes cuvieri Vaillant, L.L. 1905. Description de poissons nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus de la collection du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Le genre Alabes de Cuvier. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 4 7(1): 145-152 [149, fig. 2] [also described in Vaillant, L.L. 1905. Le genre Alabes de Cuvier. Compte Rendu de l'Academie des Sciences. Paris 140: 1713–1715 (1714)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP 2180–2181, Australia (as New Holland).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Springer, V.G. & Fraser, T.H. 1976. Synonymy of the fish families Cheilobranchidae (=Alabetidae) and Gobiesocidae, with descriptions of two new species of Alabes. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 234: 1-23 figs 1-14 [16]

 

Generic Combinations

• Alabes dorsalis (Richardson, 1845). —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [62]
• Alabes rufus (Macleay, 1881). —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [62]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Broken Bay, NSW (33°32'S) to southwest of Ceduna, SA (133°17'E) and throughout coastal TAS, possibly to southern QLD on the east coast; temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, rock reef.

 

General References

Hutchins, J.B. 1994. Family Gobiesocidae. pp. 305-324, figs 269-289 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [312] (in part, WA specimens)

Hutchins, J.B. 2008. Family Gobiesocidae. pp. 722-741 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [728]

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [32]

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [52]

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [476]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [62] (as Alabes dorsalis, A. cuvieri, A. rufus)

Springer, V.G. & Fraser, T.H. 1976. Synonymy of the fish families Cheilobranchidae (=Alabetidae) and Gobiesocidae, with descriptions of two new species of Alabes. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 234: 1-23 figs 1-14

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [36] (331, 330 as A. rufus, and 332 as A. cuvieri)

 

Common Name References

Hutchins, J.B. 1994. Family Gobiesocidae. pp. 305-324, figs 269-289 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [312] (Common Shore-eel)

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [476] (Red-banded Shore Eel, Shore Eel, Striped Brown Shore Eel)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Common Shore Eel)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
09-Oct-2013	GOBIESOCOIDEI	09-Oct-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		12-Feb-2010	(import)