Western blue devil

Western blue devil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Plesiopidae
Genus:	Paraplesiops
Species:	P. sinclairi
Binomial name
*Paraplesiops sinclairi* Hutchins, 1987

The western blue devil, Paraplesiops sinclairi, is a species of fish in the longfin family Plesiopidae endemic to Western Australia.^[1] The fish is found in rocky reef habitats in the coastal, inshore waters of southwestern Western Australia, from the Recherche Archipelago to Lancelin.^[1]

References

1 2 Hutchins, J.B. (1987). "Description of a new plesiopid fish from south-western Australia, with a discussion of zoogeography of Paraplesiops.". Records of the Western Australian Museum. 13 (2): 231–240.

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