Southern Bluedevil

Paraplesiops meleagris

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Max Weight

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Max Depth

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Description

The southern blue devil (Paraplesiops meleagris) is a species of fish in the longfin family Plesiopidae endemic to southern Australia. It is a close relative of the eastern blue devil (Paraplesiops bleekeri), which lives in the coastal waters of eastern Australia, and of the western blue devil (P. sinclairi), of southwestern Wes... Read more in Seabook

Locations

Australia West Australia South Australia Australia East

Colors

white

black

brown

grey

silver

blue

Edible

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Habitat and Environment

Coral reef

Conservation status

(LC) Least concern

Social Behaviour

Couple

Solitary

Poisonous

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Danger to human

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Venomous

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