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Goldband Fusilier

Pterocaesio chrysozona

Also known as: Black-tipped Fusilier, Goldenband Fusilier, Yellowband Fusilier, Yellowstripe Fusilier

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2016
Adult
@JarJar · LK, Sri Lanka · February 20141 / 7
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Overview

Found in schools, feeding midwater over coral and rocky reefs. Varies in colour, from blue to red with night and day.

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

Fins & Tail
black fin tips

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
  • Exact location · 3
  • Country only · 4
LIVES IN

Found in schools, feeding midwater over coral and rocky reefs.

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Adult photos 7

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    Taxonomy

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

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    More in the family

    Fusiliers (Caesionidae)