Location: Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and
Indo-Pacific Reefs
Blue Devilfish
Assessor macneilli
Blue Devilfish
Also known as: Blue Scissortail
Category: Longfins
Scientific Name: Assessor macneilli
Size: Up to 2.25 in. (6 cm)
Depth: 15-60 ft. (5-18 m)
Distribution: Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Ovalentaria (Order)
└Plesiopidae (Family)
└Assessor (Genus)
└A. macneilli (Species)
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