Assessor randalli

Assessor randalli, Randall's assessor or Randall's devilfish, is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Plesiopidae, the longfins or roundheads. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean, mainly in the seas around Japan and Taiwan.^[1] It is a similar species to Assessor macneilli but it is slightly brighter in colour and has more rounded rounder fins which have with yellow markings, there are also yellow markings on its body.^[1] They are associated with crevices and gullies in reefs, where they hover at the entrances to caves and holes. They are mouthbrooders, the male guards the eggs by keeping them in his mouth until they hatch.^[2] They are rare in the Aquarium trade but have been bred in captivity.^[3]

Assessor randalli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Plesiopidae
Genus:	Assessor
Species:	A. randalli
Binomial name
Assessor randalli Allen & Kuiter, 1976

Etymology

The specific name honours the ichthyologist John Ernest Randall of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, who collected the type specimen.^[4]