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Marr's Fusilier

Pterocaesio marri

Also known as: Bananafish, Bigtail Fusilier, Black-tipped Fusilier, Goldband Fusilier, Twinstripe Fusilier, Yellow-banded Fusilier

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2016
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Overview

Found in schools, feeding in the water column, over clear water coral reefs, either close to oceanic islands or outer reefs far from land masses. 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

Pattern
stripes
Fins & Tail
black fin tips

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
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Found in schools, feeding in the water column, over clear water coral reefs, either close to oceanic islands or outer reefs far from land masses.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyCaesionidae
    6. genusPterocaesio
    7. speciesPterocaesio marri Schultz, 1953

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    More in the family

    Fusiliers (Caesionidae)