Northern blue devil
| Northern blue devil | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Plesiopidae |
| Genus: | Paraplesiops |
| Species: | P. poweri |
| Binomial name | |
| Paraplesiops poweri Ogilby, 1908 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Paraplesiops jolliffei Ogilby, 1916 | |
The northern blue devil (Paraplesiops poweri) is a species of fish in the longfin family Plesiopidae. It has been recorded from the inshore waters of Queensland, eastern Australia, from Bowen to Moreton Bay.[3] The specific name honours Percy Power, who caught the type specimen.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Williams, J.T. (2022). "Paraplesiops poweri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022 e.T214365931A214365934. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T214365931A214365934.en.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paraplesiops poweri". FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (29 March 2018). "Subseries OVALENTARIA: Incertae sedis". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
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