Alabes Cloquet [H.] 1816:99 Fem. Alabes cuvieri Vaillant 1905. Type by subsequent monotypy. Type by subsequent monotypy according to Springer & Fraser 1976:1 [ref. 7086]. Misspelled Alabis and Alaebes by Swainson 1838 [ref. 4302]. According to Whitley 1935:136 [ref. 6396], Bosc published this name first [not investigated]. •Valid as Alabes Cloquet 1816 -- (Springer & Fraser 1976 [ref. 7086] as specialized gobiesocid genus, Scott 1976:163 [ref. 7055], Gomon et al. 1994:312 [ref. 22532], Hutchins & Morrison 2004:150 [ref. 27776], Hutchins 2006:25 [ref. 28926], Hoese & Bray 2006:1569 [ref. 29000], Hutchins 2008:727 [ref. 30658], Conway et al. 2020:889 [ref. 38030] in Cheilobranchinae). Current status: Valid as Alabes Cloquet 1816. Gobiesocidae: Cheilobranchinae.