Fusiliers (Caesionidae) are perciform fish. There are 23 species, found in the Indo-Pacific. They are related to snappers, but feed on plankton rather than larger prey.
Thin-lined fusilier (variable-lined fusilier), Caesio varilineata
Gold-band fusilier (scissortail fusilier, blue-and-gold fusilier), Caesio caerulaurea
Yellow-tail fusilier (yellow-and-blue-back fusilier), Caesio teres
Dark-banded fusilier (blue-streak fusilier, bartail fusilier, neon fusilier), Ptercaesio tile
Yellow-stripe fusilier (slender fusilier), Caesio chrysozona
Yellow-back fusilier, Caesio xanthonota
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