Fusiliers

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

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Gold-band fusilier (scissortail fusilier, blue-and-gold fusilier), Caesio caerulaurea

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Yellow-tail fusilier (yellow-and-blue-back fusilier), Caesio teres

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Dark-banded fusilier (blue-streak fusilier, bartail fusilier, neon fusilier), Ptercaesio tile

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Yellow-stripe fusilier (slender fusilier), Caesio chrysozona

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Yellow-back fusilier, Caesio xanthonota

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