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<emphasis id="B9593765216DFF95FB6CFF10FC53FF6F" bold="true" box="[794,902,152,176]" pageId="5" pageNumber="152">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. The diagnostic characters of
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by a combination of its moderately large gill opening (
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HL), lack of a pelvic-fin rudiment, absence of all cephalic pores in the lateral-line system, and its large number (40) of epineural ribs. It possesses a short, blunt head with wide lips (giving it a rather pugnacious appearance), and short dorsal and anal fins.
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. Measurements of the
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. Body almost cylindrical, reaching a maximum depth about middle of body, then tapering posteriorly, body depth 13.6 (17.6) in SL, maximum body width (= width at level of gill slit) 14.3 (19.2) in SL; head rounded to somewhat blunt anteriorly, a little wider than body (head width 1.6 [1.9] in HL), HL 8.4(8.5) in SL; snout rather truncate in dorsal view, length 4.6 (4.1) in HL; diameter of orbit 4.8 (3.8) in HL, noticeably greater than bony interorbital width (6.9 [10.3] in HL); lateral-line sensory system lacking cephalic pores; gill opening a moderately narrow slit, length 3.1 (4.3) in HL; mouth terminal or lower jaw slightly projecting over upper jaw, upper and lower lips both fleshy and wide, producing a somewhat pugnacious appearance, rear corner of mouth reaching almost to below anterior margin of eye (pigmented area); teeth in
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worn and more incisorform, those of
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smaller, conical, caninelike, 1 row in upper and lower jaws; caudal fin with 8 fin rays; bases of dorsal and anal fins relatively short, insertion of dorsal fin well posterior to vertical through urogenital opening (snout to insertion 1.7 [2.0], snout to urogenital opening 2.5, both in SL); anal fin very short, insertion almost at caudal fin (snout to insertion 1.2 [1.1]in SL); total vertebrae could not be counted for
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has a total of 70 vertebra (23 precaudal), with last epineural on 40th vertebra.
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(in alcohol). Head and body overall pale brown, fins more translucent; very faint indication of 35 reddish crossbands or blotches on body, more obvious on lower half of body.
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. Unknown but bands described above could have been blackish (see colour description of
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.
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<emphasis id="B9593765216DFF95FBC5FA4CFB5CFA04" box="[947,1161,1476,1499]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="152">Alabes obtusirostris</emphasis>
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is known from only two locations: off Lakes Entrance in
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and off Binningup in southwestern
<collectingRegion id="49E92595216DFF95FBBCFA76FB5BF9CA" box="[970,1166,1534,1557]" country="Australia" name="Western Australia" pageId="5" pageNumber="152">Western Australia</collectingRegion>
.
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<emphasis id="B9593765216DFF95FB6CF9B9FC54F996" bold="true" box="[794,897,1585,1609]" pageId="5" pageNumber="152">Remarks</emphasis>
. This species has only been collected from coastal waters at depths between 28 and
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.
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Like
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<emphasis id="B9593765216DFF95FD74F9C7FA5BF9B9" box="[1282,1422,1615,1638]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="152">Alabes scotti</emphasis>
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(described below), it appears to inhabit sandy bottoms. However, morphologically, it has more in common with
<taxonomicName id="4C2D90F4216DFF95FD00F902FCA3F961" baseAuthorityName="Richardson" baseAuthorityYear="1845" class="Actinopterygii" family="Gobiesocidae" genus="Alabes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gobiesociformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="152" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dorsalis">
<emphasis id="B9593765216DFF95FD00F902FCA3F961" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="152">A. dorsalis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9593765216DFF95FBC0F92FFBEBF961" box="[950,1086,1703,1726]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="152">A. elongata</emphasis>
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(described above); its body anteriorly is rather cylindrical in cross-section and it possesses a large gill opening, but it lacks the prominent rudimentary pelvic fin that characterizes the latter two species. This species is named
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<emphasis id="B9593765216EFF96F987FF5CFDACFF34" box="[497,633,212,235]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="153">obtusirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with reference to its blunt snout.
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