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Assessor flavissimus
Assessor flavissimus, characteristically feeding inverted
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Plesiopidae
Genus:	Assessor
Species:	A. flavissimus
Binomial name
Assessor flavissimus Allen & Kuiter, 1976

Assessor flavissimus, the yellow devilfish or yellow scissortail, is a fish from the western Central Pacific, recorded from the Great Barrier Reef and Papua New Guinea. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 5.5 cm (2.2 in) in length. It is bright yellow in colour and has a reddish-orange stripe running from the eye to the upper edge of the operculum, and a reddish-orange band on the dorsal and anal fins which is parallel to the fin margin. This species feeds on plankton and forms small groups under overhangs and ledges and in crevices, often swimming upside down. The males mouthbrood, guarding the eggs in their mouths.

References

1. Williams, J.T. (2022). "Assessor flavissimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T170278276A170779515. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T170278276A170779515.en. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Assessor flavissimus". FishBase. June 2018 version.
3. Randall, John E.; Allen, Gerald R.; Steene, Roger C. (1997). Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea (second ed.). Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 0-8248-1895-4.
4. Bray, D.J. (2017). "Assessor flavissimus". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 29 Sep 2018.

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