Paraplesiops

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Paraplesiops
Paraplesiops bleekeri.jpg
Paraplesiops bleekeri
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Plesiopidae
Subfamily: Plesiopinae
Genus: Paraplesiops
Bleeker, 1875
Type species
Plesiops bleekeri
Günther, 1861
Synonyms
  • Bleeckeria Castelnau, 1873
  • Ruppelia Castelnau, 1873
  • Acanthogonia Ogilby, 1918

Paraplesiops is a genus containing five largely allopatric species of fishes in the longfin, or roundhead, family Plesiopidae, commonly known as blue devils, bluedevils, or blue devilfish because of their colouration. The genus is most similar to the tropical genera Plesiops and Fraudella. It is restricted to subtropical and temperate rocky and coral reefs in Australian waters. Its species are mostly cryptic, occurring in submarine caves, crevices and under rocky ledges.[1]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Hoese, Douglass F. & Kuiter, Rudie H. (1984). "A revision of the Australian plesiopid fish genus Paraplesiops, with notes on other Australian genera" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 36 (1): 7–18. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.36.1984.322.
  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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