Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Yellow Devilfish
Assessor flavissimus
Yellow Devilfish
Also known as: flavissimus Scissortail
Category: Longfins
Scientific Name: Assessor flavissimus
Size: Up to 2.25 in. (6 cm)  
Depth: 15-60 ft. (5-18 m)
Distribution: Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia
Chordata (Phylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
 └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  └Actinopteri (Superclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Ovalentaria (Order)
     └Plesiopidae (Family)
      └Assessor (Genus)

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