The pygmy shore eel (''Alabes parvula'') is a species of

clingfish Clingfishes are fishes of the family Gobiesocidae, the only family in the order Gobiesociformes. These fairly small to very small fishes are widespread in tropical and temperate regions, mostly near the coast, but a few species in deeper seas or ...

from the

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Gobiesocidae Clingfishes are fishes of the family Gobiesocidae, the only family in the order Gobiesociformes. These fairly small to very small fishes are widespread in tropical and temperate regions, mostly near the coast, but a few species in deeper seas or ...

. It is

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to south eastern Australia where it can be found within seagrass beds and sometimes on rocky reefs at depths of less than from

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; its range includes

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. This species was described as ''Cheilobranchus parvulus'' by Allan Riverstone McCulloch in 1909 from a type locality of rockpools near

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References

{{Taxonbar, From=Q2396085 Fish described in 1909 Pygmy shore eel