Assessor flavissimus, Yellow devilfish : aquarium

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Assessor flavissimus Allen & Kuiter, 1976

Yellow devilfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Plesiopidae (Roundheads) > Plesiopinae
Etymology: Assessor: Latin, assessor, -oris = the person that tkes part in some play.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 5 - 20 m (Ref. 9710), usually 5 - 20 m (Ref. 27115). Tropical

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Western Central Pacific: Great Barrier Reef and Papua New Guinea.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 90102)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found near reefs (Ref. 7300). In aggregations in caves, often upside down. Males incubate the egg mass in their mouths (Ref. 9710). Also found in caves, crevices and under ledges (Ref 90102).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Eggs are guarded by the male parent (Ref. 205).

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Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 April 2022

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 26.5 - 28.1, mean 27.3 °C (based on 60 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00468 (0.00177 - 0.01234), b=3.18 (2.95 - 3.41), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 196 [99, 345] mg/100g; Iron = 0.913 [0.512, 1.574] mg/100g; Protein = 18.4 [17.2, 19.5] %; Omega3 = 0.111 [0.059, 0.206] g/100g; Selenium = 22.6 [9.6, 51.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 167 [52, 511] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.28 [1.46, 3.36] mg/100g (wet weight);