Yellow devilfish
Assessor flavissimus
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A bright yellow fish from the Great Barrier Reef and Papua New Guinea, with a reddish-orange stripe behind the eye. It lives in small groups in caves and crevices, often swimming upside down. It feeds on plankton. It reaches 6 centimetres.
- Scientific name
- Assessor flavissimus
- Family
- Plesiopidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Saltwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Plesiopidae
- Order
- Ovalentaria/misc
Origin
- Native region
- Oceania
Water
- Temperature
- 26.5–29.9 °C
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 6 cm
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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