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Caesionidae
AphiaID: 151454

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order)

Status

accepted

Record
status

Added by Database Management Team

Rank

Family

Parent

Perciformes

Source

basis of record: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Vernacular
Names

Language	Name
English	fusiliers	[details]

Direct child
taxa
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Subfamily Caesioninae

» Genus Caesio Lacepède, 1802
» Genus Pterocaesio Bleeker, 1875
» Genus Clupeolabrus accepted as Pterocaesio Bleeker, 1875

Subfamily Gymnocaesioninae

» Genus Dipterygonotus Bleeker, 1849
» Genus Gymnocaesio Bleeker, 1875
» Genus Dipterogonotus accepted as Dipterygonotus Bleeker, 1849
» Genus Dipterygonatus accepted as Dipterygonotus Bleeker, 1849
» Genus Smaris accepted as Spicara

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Note

Description: Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Dorsal fin having 10-15 slender spines; soft rays 8-22. Three spines in anal fin; soft rays 9-13. Jaws with small teeth in most species. Upper jaw highly protractile. Vertebrae 24. To about 60 cm maximum length. Fusiliers are closely related to snappers (Lutjanidae) but possess several adaptations for a planktivorous mode of life, such as the elongate fusiform body, the small mouth, and the deeply forked caudal fin. During the day they occur in large zooplankton feeding schools in mid-water over the reef, along steep outer reef slopes and around deep lagoon pinnacles. Although they are active swimmers, they often pause to pick zooplankton and at cleaning stations, and shelter within the reef at night. Fusiliers are important food fishes and are also used as bait in tuna fisheries. [details]

LSID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151454

Taxonomic
Edit history

Date	action	by
2005-04-06 10:22:32Z	created	Claus, Simon

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Citation: WoRMS (2013). Caesionidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151454 on 2013-05-18

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