Northern blue devil

Northern blue devil
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[1]
Paraplesiops jolliffei Ogilby, 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.[2] The specific name honours Percy Power, who caught the type specimen.[3]

References

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