Paraplesiops

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

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| image = Paraplesiops bleekeri.jpg

| image_caption = Paraplesiops bleekeri

| taxon = Paraplesiops

| authority = Bleeker, 1875

| type_species = Plesiops bleekeri

| type_species_authority = Günther, 1861

| synonyms = *Bleeckeria Castelnau, 1873

• Ruppelia Castelnau, 1873
• Acanthogonia Ogilby, 1918

}}

Paraplesiops is a genus containing five largely allopatric species of fishes in the longfin, or roundhead, family Plesiopidae, commonly known as blue devils, bluedevils, or blue devilfish because of their colouration. The genus is most similar to the tropical genera Plesiops and Fraudella. It is restricted to subtropical and temperate rocky and coral reefs in Australian waters. Its species are mostly cryptic, occurring in submarine caves, crevices and under rocky ledges.{{cite journal |author1=Hoese, Douglass F. |author2=Kuiter, Rudie H. |name-list-style=amp |year= 1984|title= A revision of the Australian plesiopid fish genus Paraplesiops, with notes on other Australian genera |journal= Records of the Australian Museum |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages= 7–18|url= http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/17631/322_complete.pdf | doi=10.3853/j.0067-1975.36.1984.322}}

Paraplesiops often hide unless food is available, they are very friendly fish unless around their prey. They eat small fish or crustaceans.{{Cite web |title=Northern Blue Devil Grouper :: 19039 |url=https://www.qualitymarine.com/quality-marine/fish/groupers/paraplesiops/blue-tip-long-fin-19039/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=Quality Marine |language=en}}