Assessor is a genus of ray-finned fishes which belong to the longfin family Plesiopidae. They are found in the western Pacific Ocean from Japan to Australia.
| Assessor | |
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| Assessor macneilli | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Plesiopidae |
| Subfamily: | Plesiopinae |
| Genus: | Assessor whitley, 1935 |
| Type species | |
| Assessor macneilli Whitley, 1935[1]
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Species
editThree species are currently recognised as belonging to Assessor:[2]
- Assessor flavissimus Allen & Kuiter, 1976 (yellow devilfish)
- Assessor macneilli Whitley, 1935 (blue devilfish)
- Assessor randalli Allen & Kuiter, 1976 (Randall's devilfish)
References
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Assessor". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Assessor in FishBase. June 2018 version.