Alabes Brevis
📖 Overview
Occurs among weed and rock, limestone reef platform ; also in seagrass and in vegetation growing on shallow coastal rocky reefs .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Vertebrae: 60 - 61. Distinguishable from all the other species of Alabes by its low number of vertebrae and from all but A. hoesei in having 2 postocular pores. It differs from A. hoesei in usually lacking a posterior nasal canal pore, having more epipleural ribs, and a larger gill opening.: eel-like.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Alabes Brevis is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal. Subtropical Indian Ocean: Green Island, Rottnest, Western Australia.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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