| Classification |
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Ostéichthyen Perciformes Caesionidae
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| 23 espèces |
| Références web | |
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| fishbase | saltcorner |
| Description |
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 Identification keys to Caesionidae |
| Etymologies | Source | |
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| Caesio | Caesio = Latin, caesius, bluish-grey | fishbase |
| Pterocaesio | Greek, pteron = wing, fin + Caesio = Latin, caesius, bluish-grey | fishbase |
| Caesio caerulaurea | ||
| fishbase / fr.reeflex / fishesofaustralia / nomadica | Synonymes
Blue and gold fusilier / Goldband Fusilier |
Lacépède, 1801 / LC / ITIS 550958 |
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| avec Caesio striata
2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | avec Caesio striata
2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
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| avec Caesio striata
2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
avec Caesio striata
2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
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| 2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2012 Bunaken (Sulawesi) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | avec Caesio striata
2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
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| 2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2012 Bunaken (Sulawesi) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
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2015 NSW (Au) by John Turnbull
(via fishesofaustralia) |
2017 Queensland (Au) by Andy Greene
(via fishesofaustralia) |
2014 NSW (Au) by Ian V Shaw
(via fishesofaustralia) |
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| 2018 NSW (Au) ©Tom Davis
(via INaturalist) |
Mioskon (Raja Ampat) by Dennis Polack FishWise Professional
(via fishesofaustralia) |
2014 Solomon Is. by Mark Rosenstein
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
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| avec Pterocaesio digramma,
NSW (Au) by Rick Stuart-Smith 
(via fishesofaustralia) |
2009 Malaysie ©Terry Munyard
(via INaturalist) |
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| 2016 Fiji by Mark Rosenstein
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
1995 Kwajalein (Marshall Is.) ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
2014 Sydney by Ian Shaw
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
| Indo & West-Pacific & Red Sea | Fusilier bleu & or | tropical |
| upper body bluish and the lower white to pale bluish; single yellow or golden stripe directly above lateral line except on caudal peduncle where it is about 1 scale above lateral line, the yellow stripe 2 or 3 scales wide, bordered directly above and below by a white or light blue stripe which is about 1 scale wide, caudal-fin lobes with a black median streak | ||
| 5-50m / 35cm | dioecism, courtship, fécondation externe, openwater, nonguarder | large schools in deep lagoons and along seaward reefs, mixing with other species of fusiliers, assez courant |
| Caesio caerulaurea | ||
| Caesio cuning | ||
| fishbase / doris / fishesofaustralia / nomadica / australianmuseum | Synonymes
Redbelly yellowtail fusilier |
Bloch, 1791 / LC / ITIS 550959 |
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| 2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2019 Raja Ampat ©David R
(via INaturalist) |
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| Thailand ©Chaloklum Diving
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2016 Raja Ampat by Mark Rosenstein
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
Thailand ©Chaloklum Diving
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
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| Dampier Marine Park (W-Au) by Rick Stuart-Smith
(via fishesofaustralia) |
Wakatobi y Dennis Polack FishWise Professional
(via fishesofaustralia) |
Wakatobi y Dennis Polack FishWise Professional
(via fishesofaustralia) |
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| 2001 Great Barrier (Au) by Erik Schlogl
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2012 Raja Ampat by David R
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
1995 Lizard Island (Au) ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
| Indo-WPacific & northern Australia | Fusilier à queue jaune | tropical |
| Scales center lighter than margins; lower 1/3 white, sometimes suffused by pink; upper body if not yellow, grayish blue; lower sides and belly white or pinkish. Pectoral, pelvic and anal fins white to pink; large yellow tail; dorsal fin yellow posteriorly and grayish blue anteriorly | ||
| <60m / 60cm | ovipare; numerous, small pelagic eggs | schooling; often in silty areas with low visibility |
| Caesio cuning | ||
| Caesio lunaris | ||
| fishbase / souslesmers / nomadica / fishesofaustralia | Synonymes
Lunar fusilier |
Cuvier, 1830 / LC / ITIS 168960 |
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| 2016 Oman ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2016 Oman ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2016 Oman ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| 2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2016 Oman ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| 2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2007 Ras Nasrani (Egypt) by Gianemilio Rusconi
(via fishbase) |
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| 2015 Coral Sea by Ian Shaw
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
Maldives by Jim Greenfield
(via fishesofaustralia) |
2019 Raja Ampat ©desertnaturalist
(via INaturalist) |
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| 2014 Marsa Alam by Lesley Clements
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
1995 Red Sea ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
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| 1996 Kuria Muria Island (Oman) ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
2010 Gotta Abu Galawa (Egypt) by Joe De Vroe
(via fishbase) |
2008 Sharm-el-Cheik ©Matthieu Sontag
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
| Indo-West Pacific & Red Sea | Fusilier à croissant | tropical |
| body bluish, belly paler than upper sides; tips of caudal fin lobes, axil of pectoral fins, and upper base of pectoral fins black; caudal fin blue; pectoral, pelvic, and anal fins white to pale blue; dorsal fin bluish; juveniles with caudal fin and portions of caudal peduncle often yellow | ||
| 0-50m / 40cm | ovipare (numerous, small pelagic eggs), dioecism, fécondation externe, openwater, nonguarder | form large aggregations often with other fusiliers |
| Caesio lunaris | ||
| Caesio striata | ||
| fishbase / souslesmers / nomadica | Synonymes
Striated fusilier / Striped fusilier |
Rüppell, 1830 / LC / ITIS 550960 |
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| avec Pterocaesio chrysozona,
2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
avec Pterocaesio chrysozona,
2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
avec Pterocaesio chrysozona,
2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| 2012 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2012 Nakari (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| 2000 Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) ©Field, Richard
(via fishbase) |
2018 Hurghada (Egypt) ©Lesley Clements
(via INaturalist) |
1995 Red Sea ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
| Red Sea to Arabian Sea | Fusilier strié | tropical |
| light bluish to greenish dorsally, pinkish ventrally; 4 darker horizontal stripes on back & one greenish-yellowish stripe on each side; un liseré noir sur chaque lobe de la caudale | ||
| 2-30m / 24-25cm | ovipare, dioecism, fécondation externe, openwater, non guarder | form large aggregations often with other fusiliers |
| Caesio striata | ||
| Caesio suevica | ||
| fishbase / souslesmers / meerwasser / nomadica | Synonymes
Suez fusilier |
Klunzinger, 1884 / LC / ITIS 550961 |
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| 2012 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2012 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2012 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| 2012 Nakari (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2012 Nakari (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2012 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| 2012 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| 2019 Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) by Hectonicus
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| 1995 Red Sea ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
2017 Tiran (Egypt) ©josepvilanova
(via INaturalist) |
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| 2017 Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) ©josepvilanova
(via INaturalist) |
1996 Gulf of Aqaba ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
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| Red Sea to Arabian Sea | Fusilier de Suez | tropical |
| Most of body light to silvery blue, paler ventrally; black blotch at the tip of each caudal-fin lobe bordered proximally by a white band; | ||
| 2-25m / 35 cm | ovipare, dioecism, fécondation externe, openwater, nonguarder | form large aggregations |
| Caesio suevica | ||
| Caesio teres | ||
| fishbase / en.wiki / nomadica / souslesmers / fishesofaustralia / australianmuseum | Synonymes
Yellow and blueback fusilier |
Seale, 1906 / LC / ITIS 550962 |
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| 2019 Solomon by Mark Rosenstein
(via INaturalist) |
1999 Great Barrier (Au) by Erik Schlogl
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2013 Fiji by Nick Hobgood
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
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| 2015 Komodo by Mark Rosenstein
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2012 Kri (Raja Ampat) by David R
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2012 Seychelles by Massimiliano Finzi
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
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| night coloration, 1975 Marshall by Scott Johnson
(via fishbase) |
juvénile, 2016 Mozambiq by Robert J Koch
(via fishbase) |
Queensland (Au) by Graham Edgar
(via fishesofaustralia) |
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| at night, 1995 Marshall ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
2009 Marshall by Jeanette Johnson
(via fishbase) |
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| 2016 Chicken Reef (Au) by Ian Shaw
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
1995 Samoa ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
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| Indo-WPacifiq, no Red Sea nor Persian Gulf | Fusilier à dos jaune et bleu | tropical |
| blue with bright yellow on caudal fin, caudal peduncle, and body from just anterior to dorsal-fin origin to ventral origin of caudal peduncle, except in large individuals particularly in the western Pacific where the yellow does not extend as far anteriorly | ||
| 5-50m / 26-40cm | ovipare, with numerous, small pelagic eggs | form schools with other caesionids |
| Caesio teres | ||
| Caesio varilineata | ||
| fishbase / souslesmers / nomadica | Synonymes
Variable-lined fusilier |
Carpenter, 1987 / LC / ITIS 550963 |
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| avec lunaris, 2016 Oman ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | avec lunaris, 2016 Oman ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | avec lunaris, 2016 Oman ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
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| avec lunaris, 2016 Oman ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2015 Maldives by Julien Bidet
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
1989 Mauritius ©Hans Hillewaert
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
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| 2001 Oman ©Field, Richard
(via fishbase) |
2011 Maldives ©Rainer Kretzberg
(via fishbase) |
Iran ©Parviz Tavakoli Kolour
(via fishbase) |
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| 2015 Maldives ©Lesley Clements
(via INaturalist) |
1995 Saudi Arabia ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
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| 1989 Mauritius ©Hans Hillewaert
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2015 Maldives by Julien Bidet
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2014 Sodwana Bay (SA) ©rowanwattpringle
(via INaturalist) |
| Indian Ocean | Fusilier à rayures variées | tropical |
| bleuté avec qq rayures horizontales jaune-vert sur les flancs au-dessus de la ligne latérale; une autre raie juste sous la ligne latérale; extrémité des lobes de la caudale noirs; black spot at the base of pectoral fins | ||
| 2-25m / 40cm | ovipare, numerous, small pelagic eggs | forms schools with other caesionids |
| Caesio varilineata | ||
| Caesio xanthonota | ||
| fishbase / souslesmers / fishesofaustralia | Synonymes
Caesio xanthonotus / Yellowback fusilier |
Bleeker, 1853 / LC / ITIS 550964 |
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| 2014 Mayotte ©Etienne Guitton
(via fishbase) |
1995 Similan (Thai) ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
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| Sodwana Bay (SA) by Dennis Polack FishWise Professional
(via fishesofaustralia) |
Maldives by Philippe Guillaume
(via fishesofaustralia) |
1984 Palau ©California Academy of Sciences by Lovell and Libby Langstroth
via Encyclopedia of Life) |
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| 2015 Maldives by Lesley Clements
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2019 Kenya ©Dawn Goebbels
(via INaturalist) |
2015 Maldives by Lesley Clements
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
| Indian Ocean | Fusilier à dos jaune | tropical |
| Upper 1/3 of body and caudal fin bright yellow, middle third blue, lower white | ||
| <50m / 40cm | ovipare, numerous, small pelagic eggs | Feed in large midwater aggregations |
| Caesio xanthonota | ||
| Pterocaesio chrysozona | ||
| fishbase / nomadica / souslesmers / fishesofaustralia | Synonymes
Fusilier à bande jaune / Goldband fusilier |
Cuvier, 1830 / LC / ITIS 550968 |
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| Thailand ©Chaloklum Diving
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
1995 Sri Lanka ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
2001 Daymaniat Is. (Gulf of Oman) ©Field, Richard
(via fishbase) |
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| 2004 PNG by Brocken Inaglory
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2008 Sharm el Sheik ©Matthieu Sontag
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2018 Philippines ©Mark Rosenstein
(via INaturalist) |
| Indo-WPacifiq & Red sea | Fusilier à ceinture d’or | tropical |
| light blue to brownish dorsally, white to pinkish ventrally; broad yellow stripe just under lateral line | ||
| 2-25m / 21cm | ovipare | form large feeding aggregations above the reef |
| Pterocaesio chrysozona | ||
| Pterocaesio lativittata | ||
| fishbase / fishesofaustralia | Synonymes
Wide-band fusilier |
Carpenter, 1987 / NE / ITIS 550970 |
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| 2014 Solomon Is. by Mark Rosenstein
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
1995 Maldives ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
2017 Fiji ©Mark Rosenstein
(via fishesofaustralia) |
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| 2018 Solomon ©Mark Rosenstein
(via INaturalist) |
2018 Solomon ©Mark Rosenstein
(via fishesofaustralia) |
2015 Male atoll (Maldives) ©Lesley Clements
(via INaturalist) |
| Indo & W Central Pacifiq | Fusilier à bande large | tropical |
| bluish or reddish dorsally, lighter ventrally; single broad yellow stripe along the upper side; dark tips on each caudal-fin lobe; anterior 2/3rds of the stripe is positioned mostly below the lateral line | ||
| <50m / 11-23cm | ovipare, numerous, small pelagic eggs | feeds on zooplankton in midwater aggregations |
| Pterocaesio lativittata | ||
| Pterocaesio pisang | ||
| fishbase / fishesofaustralia / nomadica / australianmuseum | Synonymes
Banana fusilier |
Bleeker, 1853 / LC / ITIS 550972 |
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| 2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 1996 Cebu (Philippines) ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
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| 2014 Solomon Is. by Mark Rosenstein
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2015 Maldives by Lesley Clements
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2002 Great Barrier (Au) by Erik Schlogl
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
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| Bali by Jim Greenfield
(via fishesofaustralia) |
Wakatobi by Dennis Polack FishWise Professional
(via fishesofaustralia) |
Fiji by Mary Jane Adams
(via fishesofaustralia) |
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| 1997 Philippines ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
2018 Bali ©Lesley Clements
(via INaturalist) |
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| Indo-WPacifiq | Fusilier rose | tropical |
| dark red to silvery, paler ventrally with lateral line darker; often yellowish snout and eyes; caudal fin tips distinctly black or reddish black | ||
| <100m / 13-21cm | ovipare, numerous, small pelagic eggs | sometimes forming schools with other Pterocaesio species |
| Pterocaesio pisang | ||
| Pterocaesio randalli | ||
| fishbase / kahaku.go.jp | Synonymes
Yellow-dash fusilier |
Carpenter, 1987 / NE / ITIS 550973 |
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| 1995 Similan Is. (Thailand) ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
2014 Sumbawa (ID) by Mark Rosenstein
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2019 Raja Ampat ©desertnaturalist
(via INaturalist) |
| Indo-W Pacifiq | Randall's fusilier | tropical |
| blue-green to reddish dorsally, lighter ventrally; above pectoral fin is a large yellow blotch of variable size, roughly rhomboid in shape, the oblique side slanting anteriorly | ||
| <30m / 25cm | ovipare, numerous, small pelagic eggs | feeding on zooplankton in midwater aggregations |
| Pterocaesio randalli | ||
| Pterocaesio tessellata | ||
| fishbase / nomadica / reeflifesurvey | Synonymes
One-stripe fusilier |
Carpenter, 1987 / NE / ITIS 550974 |
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| 2010 Sabah (Borneo) by Bernard DUPONT
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2016 Raja Ampat by Mark Rosenstein
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2012 Kri (Raja Ampat) by David R
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
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| 1998 Philippines ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
2015 Maldives ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2019 Morotai (ID) by Rickard Zerpe
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| (centre)-Indo & W-Pacifiq | Fusilier à une bande | tropical |
| bluish green on upper half, white or silvery blue on lower side (pinkish ventrally); a single yellow longitudinal stripe laterally, about 1 scale wide, covering lateral line for most of its length, usually running dorsal to lateral line on caudal peduncle; caudal fin dusky, the tips of lobes black | ||
| <30m / 18-25cm | ovipare | forming schools |
| Pterocaesio tessellata | ||
| Pterocaesio tile | ||
| fishbase / doris / fishesofaustralia / nomadica | Synonymes
Dark-banded fusilier / Neon Fusilier |
Cuvier, 1830 / LC / ITIS 168963 |
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| 2012 Bunaken (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2015 Maldives ©JMP (via INaturalist) | 2012 Bunaken (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| 2009 St-Leu (Réunion) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2009 St-Leu (Réunion) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | Banda Aceh (ID) by Ian V Shaw
(via fishesofaustralia) |
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| 2011 Mirihi (Maldives) by Rainer Kretzberg
(via fishbase) |
2010 Maldives by Jim Greenfield
(via fishbase) |
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| at night, 1995 Kwajalein (Marshall Is.) by John E. Randall
(via fishbase) |
2018 Maldives by Gianemilio Rusconi
(via fishbase) |
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| Banda Aceh (ID) by Ian V Shaw
(via fishesofaustralia) |
Similan (Thai) by divemecressi
(via fishesofaustralia) |
NSW (Au) by Ian V Shaw
(via fishesofaustralia) |
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| 2008 Sulawesi by Mark Rosenstein
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2012 Sydney by Ian Shaw
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2009 Bunaken (Sulawesi) by Bernard DUPONT
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
| Indo-WPacifiq (no Red Sea nor Persian Gulf) | Fusilier à ligne olive | tropical |
| lateral line covered for most of its length by a black stripe about 1 scale wide (on caudal peduncle this stripe is above lateral line); brilliant light blue zone below black stripe; lower third of body white to pinkish (or reddish); pectoral, pelvic, and anal fins white to pinkish; axil and upper base of pectoral fins black; dorsal fin light bluish green to pinkish; caudal fin with a black streak within each lobe | ||
| <60m / 21-30cm | ovipare, numerous, small pelagic eggs | feeding on zooplankton in midwater aggregations |
| Pterocaesio tile | ||
| Pterocaesio trilineata | ||
| fishbase / fishesofaustralia | Synonymes
Three-stripe fusilier |
Carpenter, 1987 / NE / ITIS 550975 |
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| aquarium (Japon) by Izuzuki
(via fishesofaustralia) |
Fiji ©Mark Rosenstein
(via fishesofaustralia) |
Wakatobi by Dennis Polack FishWise Professional
(via fishesofaustralia) |
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| 1995 Half-mile Passage (NE-Australia) ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
2001 Marshall Islands by Jeanette Johnson
(via fishbase) |
2013 Fiji by Mark Rosenstein
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
| Indo-Pacifiq | Fusilier à 3 bandes | tropical |
| silvery bluish, dorsal side horizontal stripes thick brown and thin light blue alternating; ventral whitish | ||
| <30m / 13-20cm | ovipare, numerous, small pelagic eggs | feeding on zooplankton in midwater aggregations |
| Pterocaesio trilineata | ||
MàJ 14/03/2023
