Southern Blue Devil
Paraplesiops meleagris
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 919
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The southern blue devil (Paraplesiops meleagris) is a species of ray-finned fish in the longfin family Plesiopidae. Endemic to southern Australia, it is a close relative of the eastern blue devil (P. bleekeri), which lives in coastal waters of eastern Australia, and of the western blue devil (P. sinclairi) of southwestern Western Australia.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Southern blue devil”.