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Related FAQs: Roundheads, Marine Bettas,
Related Articles: Marine Betta,
/The Conscientious Marine
Aquarist
The
Roundheads: (for petfish types mainly Assessors), Family
Plesiopidae
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Paraplesiops poweri
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Family Plesiopidae:
| Assessor flavissimus Allen & Kuiter
1976, the Yellow Devilfish. Great Barrier Reef (Australia) endemic.
To a little over two inches in length. |
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| 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.
