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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 Pulau Redang,
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| Caesio cuning (Bloch 1791), the Red-Bellied Fusilier.
Indo-West Pacific. To about ten inches maximum length. This one in
Australian waters. |
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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 suevicus Klunzinger 1884, The Suez Fusilier. Red Sea
endemic. To fourteen inches in length.
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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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Bibliography/Further Reference:
http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/Summary/FamilySummary.cfm?ID=459
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