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Dark-banded Fusilier

Pterocaesio tile

Also known as: Bartail Fusilier, Blue-dash Fusilier, Bluestreak Fusilier, Neon Fusilier

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2016
Adult
@fishx6 · Mirihi Island Resort, Maldives · February 20071 / 32
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Overview

Found in large schools, over coral reefs. Varies in colour from blue to red with night and day.
Juveniles found in large schools, over shallow lagoons and reef flats.

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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How to identify

Pattern
stripes

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
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Found in large schools, over coral reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyCaesionidae
    6. genusPterocaesio
    7. speciesPterocaesio tile (Cuvier, 1830)

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    More in the family

    Fusiliers (Caesionidae)