Threestripe Fusilier
| Scientific Name: | Pterocaesio trilineata |
| Species: | Fusiliers (Caesionidae) |
| Other names: |
Striped Fusilier, Three-Lined Fusilier, Three-Striped Fusilier. |
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Description
Also known as Striped Fusilier, Three-Lined Fusilier and Three-Striped Fusilier.
Found in schools on inner reefs and silty lagoons.
Varies in colour from blue to red with night and day.
They feed on zooplankton.
Length - 16cm
Depth - 2-20m
Widespread Indo-Pacific
Fusiliers are close relatives of snappers, but are much smaller and more slender.
Schools of fusiliers often have other species mixed in.
Although their colour is predominately yellow/blue, at night and when resting their colours change to red/green.
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