The Fusiliers, genera Caesio and Pterocaesio are
rarely seen in the west, but I know of associates of public and private
aquaria who have kept these for years; many are attractive (check them
out in WEB/HRA/REH's Marine Atlas). Additionally, for snappers
they're a diminutive lot, 6-12 inches. Some taxonomists place these
fishes in their own family Caesionidae, or as part of the lutjanids.
Their care is similar to the smaller, more delicate Snappers.
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
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| Caesio cuning (Bloch 1791), the Red-Bellied
Fusilier. Indo-West Pacific. To about ten inches maximum length.
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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 striata Ruppell 1830, The Striated
Fusilier. Western I.O., Red Sea to Arabian Sea. To twelve inches in
length. Note red belly and distinctive stripes/black marks on caudal. Upper Gulf of Aqaba pic
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Caesio suevicus Klunzinger 1884, The Suez
Fusilier. Red Sea endemic. To fourteen inches in
length. Upper Gulf of Aqaba pic.
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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
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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. One off Heron Island, Australia,
another in Raja Ampat, Indo. |
 
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| Pterocaesio tile (Cuvier, 1830), the
Dark-banded Fusilier. Western Pacific to East Africa, not including the Red
Sea; 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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| Pterocaesio varilineata Carpenter 1987; the
Variable-lined Fusilier. Indian Ocean; Red Sea, East Africa to western
Indonesia. To 40 cm. maximum length. Here in the Red Sea 2019. |
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Bibliography/Further Reference:
http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/Summary/FamilySummary.cfm?ID=459
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