Southern blue devil
Paraplesiops meleagris
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A blue devil endemic to southern Australia, dark blue covered in brighter blue spots. It reaches 33 centimetres.
- Scientific name
- Paraplesiops meleagris
- Family
- Plesiopidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Saltwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Plesiopidae
- Order
- Ovalentaria/misc
- Synonyms
- Bleeckeria catafracta, Bleekeria catafracta, Plesiops gigas, Plesiops meleagris, Ruppelia prolongata
Origin
- Native region
- Oceania
Water
- Temperature
- 18–22 °C
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 33 cm
Behavior
- Diet
- Carnivore
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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