Genus Caesio:
Caesio caerulaurea Lacepede 1801, the Blue
and Gold Fusilier. Indo-West Pacific; Red Sea, eastern Africa to
Japan and New Caledonia. To fourteen inches in length. These off of
Pulau Redang, Malaysia. |
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Caesio cuning (Bloch 1791), the Red-Bellied
Fusilier. Indo-West Pacific. To about ten inches maximum length.
One in Australian waters, another in S. Sulawesi. |
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Caesio lunaris Cuvier 1830, the Lunar
Fusilier. Indo-West Pacific; Red Sea, eastern Africa to the
Solomon Islands. To sixteen inches maximum length. This one in
the Maldives.
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Caesio teres Seale 1906, the Goldband
Fusilier. To sixteen inches in length. Indo-west Pacific; Africa to
Line Islands, excluding the Red Sea. Fiji and N. Sulawesi image of
a juvenile, adults above in title table. |
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Genus Pterocaesio:
Pterocaesio chrysozona (Cuvier 1830), the
Double-Lined Fusilier. Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa
to eastern Australia. To 21 cm. in length. |
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Pterocaesio digramma (Bleeker 1865), the
Double-Lined Fusilier. Western Pacific; Indonesia to western
Australia. To one foot in length. |
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Pterocaesio tile (Cuvier, 1830), the
Dark-banded Fusilier. Western Pacific to East Africa; Mauritius to
the Australs. To one foot in length. N. Sulawesi pix. |
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Pterocaesio trilineata Richardson 1987, the
Three-Lined Fusilier. Western Indian Ocean to Western Pacific. To
eight inches in length. Photographed in Redang, Malaysia. |
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Bigger PIX:
The images in this table are linked
to large (desktop size) copies. Click on "framed" images
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