Caesionidae

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Fusilier fishes
Yellow-and-blueback fusiliers and double-lined fusiliers
Yellow-and-blueback fusiliers and double-lined fusiliers
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Percoidei
Superfamily: Percoidea
Family: Caesionidae
Genera

Caesio
Dipterygonotus
Gymnocaesio
Pterocaesio
See text for species.
Synonyms

Caesioninae

The fusilier fishes are a family, Caesionidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes.

[edit] Species

There are 21 species in four genera:

  • Genus Caesio Lacepède, 1801.
    • Blue-and-gold fusilier, Caesio caerulaurea Lacepède, 1801.
    • Redbelly yellowtail fusilier, Caesio cuning (Bloch, 1791).
    • Lunar fusilier or moon fusilier, Caesio lunaris Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830.
    • Striated fusilier, Caesio striata Rüppell, 1830.
    • Suez fusilier, Caesio suevica Klunzinger, 1884.
    • Yellow-and-blueback fusilier, Caesio teres Seale, 1906.
    • Variable-lined fusilier, Caesio varilineata Carpenter, 1987.
    • Yellowback fusilier, Caesio xanthonota Bleeker, 1853.
  • Genus Dipterygonotus Bleeker, 1849.
    • Mottled fusilier, Dipterygonotus balteatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830).
  • Genus Gymnocaesio Bleeker, 1876.
    • Slender fusilier, Gymnocaesio gymnoptera (Bleeker, 1856).
  • Genus Pterocaesio Bleeker, 1876.
    • Capricorn fusilier, Pterocaesio capricornis Smith & Smith, 1963.
    • Blacktipped fusilier or goldband fusilier, Pterocaesio chrysozona (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830).
    • Darkbanded fusilier or double lined fusilier, Pterocaesio digramma (Bleeker, 1865).
    • Wide-band fusilier, Pterocaesio lativittata Carpenter, 1987.
    • Marr's fusilier, Pterocaesio marri Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953.
    • Pterocaesio monikae Allen & Erdmann, 2008.[1]
    • Banana fusilier, Pterocaesio pisang (Bleeker, 1853).
    • Randall's fusilier, Pterocaesio randalli Carpenter, 1987.
    • One-stripe fusilier, Pterocaesio tessellata Carpenter, 1987.
    • Dark-banded fusilier, Pterocaesio tile (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830).
    • Three-stripe fusilier, Pterocaesio trilineata Carpenter, 1987.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Allen & Erdmann (2008). "Pterocaesio monikae, a new species of fusilier (Caesionidae) from western New Guinea (Papua and Papua Barat provinces, Indonesia)". Aqua (Miradolo Terme) 13 (3-4): 163-170.