Alison’s blue devil

Holotype of P. alisonae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Family:  | Plesiopidae
Genus:  | Paraplesiops
Species:  |

P. alisonae

Binomial name
Paraplesiops alisonae

Hoese & Kuiter, 1984

Alison’s blue devil, Paraplesiops alisonae, is a species of fish in the longfin family Plesiopidae. It was described in 1984 and named for Alison Kuiter, Rudie Kuiter's wife because he said that she saw the species first.[1] It has a brown head and body with iridescent blue spots on the head. It has been recorded from various sites in southern Australian waters, including Port Phillip in Victoria, northern Tasmania and Tasmanian islands in Bass Strait, Kangaroo Island, and Victor Harbor in South Australia.[2]

## References

1. ↑ "Subseries OVALENTARIA: Incertae sedis". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 29 March 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/ovalentaria/. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
2. ↑ Hoese, Douglass F.; Kuiter, Rudie H. (1984). "A revision of the Australian plesiopid fish genus Paraplesiops, with notes on other Australian genera.". Records of the Australian Museum 36 (1): 7–18. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.36.1984.322. http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/17631/322_complete.pdf.

Wikidata ☰ Q2261526 entry

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