Plesiopidae

Yellow devilfish

Assessor flavissimus

Six Centimeters Plesiopid Fish of the Pacific Ocean

• Yellow
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Elongated
• Compressed cross-section
• Small
• Tropical fish

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.