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Related FAQs: Roundheads,Marine Bettas, Related Articles: Marine Betta, /The Conscientious Marine Aquarist The Roundheads, Comets, Marine Bettas, Assessors, Family Plesiopsidae | 
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Paraplesiops poweri |
Family Plesiopsidae: | Assessor flavissimus Allen & Kuiter 1976, the Yellow Devilfish. Great Barrier Reef (Australia) endemic. To a little over two inches in length. | 
| | Assessor macneilli Whitley 1935, the Blue Devilfish. Found on Australia's GBR and New Caledonia. To two and a quarter inches in length. One photographed off Heron Island, Qld, another in an aquarium. |  
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Calloplesiops altivelis Steindachner 1903, the Comet or Marine Betta. Indo-Pacific, including the Red Sea. To a bit over six inches. A shy species that requires a dark cave and peaceful tankmates to thrive. Aquarium image. Oh, is this fish a Batesian mimic of the Moray Eel, Gymnothorax meleagris? Some think the head of the moray and the tail of the Comet are similar... http://fishbase.org/Summary/
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| Paraplesiops poweri Ogilby 1908. Southwest Pacific. Occasionally imported out of Australia. To six inches in length. This one at a Los Angeles wholesaler. |
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Bibliography/Further Reading: Baez, Jacqueline. 1998. Breeding the Marine Comet: A challenge for the best. SeaScope v. 15, Summer 98. Hunziker, Ray. 1987. Majestic marines: Calloplesiops altivelis and C. argus. TFH 12/87. Lapira, Noel E. 1973. This is the Comet. TFH 1/73. Michael, Scott W. 1991. A guide to the Comets (genus Calloplesiops). SeaScope v.8, Spring 91. Michael, Scott W. 1996. Roundheads- dwellers of coral caverns. AFM 4/96. Wassink, Herman. 1990. A successful cultivation of the Comet, Calloplesiops altivelis (Steindachner 1903). SeaScope v.7, Spring 90. |
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