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Paraplesiops

Paraplesiops
Paraplesiops bleekeri.jpg
Paraplesiops bleekeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Plesiopidae
Genus: Paraplesiops
Bleeker, 1875
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.



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