Species Alabes elongata Hutchins & Morrison, 2004
Elongate Shore Eel
Compiler and date details
27 September 2013 - Douglass F. Hoese, Dianne J. Bray & Matthew M. Lockett
20 December 2006 - Douglass F. Hoese & Dianne J. Bray
- Alabes elongata Hutchins, B. & Morrison, S. 2004. Five new fish species of the genus Alabes (Gobiesocidae: Cheilobranchinae). Records of the Australian Museum 56: 147-158 [150, fig. 2].
Type data:
Holotype WAM P.28296-003, Mondrain Island, Recherche Archipelago, WA [34°08'S, 122°15'E].
Paratype(s) AM I.42136-001; WAM P.26004-012; WAM P.28280-002; WAM P.28296-050; WAM P.32205-001.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Alabes dorsalis (Richardson, 1845) [a misidentification, Western Australian distribution only]. —
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. [313]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Israelite Bay (123°53'E) to Cervantes (30°26'S), WA; temperate.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, inshore, rock reef, seagrass.
Extra Ecological Information
Intertidal to 15 m.
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] (as Alabes dorsalis, in part)
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. [729]
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) |