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Southern Blue Devil Found in coastal and offshore rocky reefs and crevices. Eat small bony fish, and small crustaceans such as shrimp. Pairs will guard their eggs which are laid in vertical crevices. Mostly nocturnal in habit. Paraplesiops meleagris Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies intro

Southern Blue Devil

Found in coastal and offshore rocky reefs and crevices. Eat small bony fish, and small crustaceans such as shrimp. Pairs will guard their eggs which are laid in vertical crevices. Mostly nocturnal in habit.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    This is excellent, Graeme. Very well captured, beautiful, and a new species introduction. Promoted! Posted 11 years ago
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    Graeme Ruck
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    thank you Posted 11 years ago

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The Paraplesiops meleagris

''Paraplesiops meleagris'', commonly known as the Southern Blue Devil, is a species of fish in the longfin family Plesiopidae that is endemic to southern Australia. It is a close relative of the Eastern Blue Devil , which lives in the coastal waters of eastern Australia, and of the Western Blue Devil , of south-western Western Australia with which it is sometimes considered conspecific.

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Similar species: Cichliformes
Species identified by Ragisha Kottamal
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By Graeme Ruck

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Uploaded Oct 7, 2013. Captured Oct 8, 2013 11:45.
  • Canon EOS 1000D
  • f/4.5
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 34mm

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