Plesiops coeruleolineatus
Coral Devil
©Anne Hoggett: Plesiops coeruleolineatus about 7 cm long from the Lizard Island Research Station display aquarium.
©Anne Hoggett: Plesiops coeruleolineatus about 7 cm long from the Lizard Island Research Station display aquarium.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Plesiopidae
Genus
Plesiops
Species
Plesiops coeruleolineatus
Colours
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Depth range
- Depth range data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Local abundance
- Lizard Island: Apparently abundant but cryptic
Behaviour
Small and cryptic, lives in crevices
Web resources
References
References that assist with identification
- Allen and M.V. Erdmann, G.R. (2012). Reef fishes of the East Indies. Volumes I-III in: Reef fishes of the East Indies. Tropical Reef Research, Perth, Australia. LIRS catalog number 90162.
Other references
- Goatley, C.H.R., A. González-Cabello and D.R. Bellwood (2016). Reef-scale partitioning of cryptobenthic fish assemblages across the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 544: 271-280. LIRS catalog number 2039.
- Goatley, C.H.R., A. Gonzalez-Cabello and D.R. Bellwood (2017). Small cryptopredators contribute to high predation rates on coral reefs, Coral Reefs, 36(1): 207-212. LIRS catalog number 2065.
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