Western blue devil

Western blue devil
Western blue devil in 20m of water
Western blue devil Paraplesiops sinclairi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Plesiopidae
Genus: Paraplesiops
Species: P. sinclairi
Binomial name
Paraplesiops sinclairi
Hutchins, 1987

The western blue devil, Paraplesiops sinclairi, is a species of fish in the longfin family Plesiopidae endemic to Western Australia.[1] The fish is found in rocky reef habitats in the coastal, inshore waters of southwestern Western Australia, from the Recherche Archipelago to Lancelin.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Hutchins, J.B. (1987). "Description of a new plesiopid fish from south-western Australia, with a discussion of zoogeography of Paraplesiops.". Records of the Western Australian Museum 13 (2): 231–240.
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