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Western blue devil

The western blue devil is a species of fish in the longfin family Plesiopidae endemic to Western Australia. The fish is found in rocky reef habitats in the coastal, inshore waters of southwestern Western Australia, from the Recherche Archipelago to Lancelin. The specific name was coined as a memorial to the ichthyologist Nicholas Sinclair of the Australian Museum who was involved in the collection of the type specimens.

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Western blue devil
Western blue devil in 20m of water
Western blue devil Paraplesiops sinclairi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Plesiopidae
Genus: Paraplesiops
Species:
P. sinclairi
Binomial name
Paraplesiops sinclairi
Hutchins, 1987

The western blue devil (Paraplesiops sinclairi) is a species of fish in the longfin family Plesiopidae endemic to Western Australia.1 The fish is found in rocky reef habitats in the coastal, inshore waters of southwestern Western Australia, from the Recherche Archipelago to Lancelin.1 The specific name was coined as a memorial to the ichthyologist Nicholas Sinclair of the Australian Museum who was involved in the collection of the type specimens.2

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  1. Hutchins, J.B. (1987). "Description of a new plesiopid fish from south-western Australia, with a discussion of zoogeography of Paraplesiops". Records of the Western Australian Museum. 13 (2): 231–240.
  2. 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. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2018.