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Alabes occidentalis Hutchins & Morrison, 2004

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Common names: Western shore eel
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges from the Houtman Abrolhos in Western Australia to Twilight Cove in the Great Australian Bight. The specimens collected from South Australia and Tasmania identified as Alabes parvula may also prove to be this species (Ref. 56640).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hutchins, J.B. and S. Morrison, 2004
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Common names from other countries

Western shore eel, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiesociformes (Clingfishes) > Gobiesocidae (Clingfishes and singleslits) > Cheilobranchinae
Etymology: Alabes: Greek, alabes, oy = a fish from the Nile, dealing with lampreys (Ref. 45335);  occidentalis: Named for its western distribution..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 1 - 4 m (Ref. 56640).   Subtropical

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