Northern blue devil

Northern blue devil
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Plesiopidae
Genus:	Paraplesiops
Species:	P. poweri
Binomial name
Paraplesiops poweri Ogilby, 1908
Synonyms [2]
Paraplesiops jolliffeiOgilby, 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

1. 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 .
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paraplesiops poweri". FishBase . June 2018 version.
3. 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.
4. 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.