Caesionidae
Encyclopedia
The fusilier fishes are a family
, Caesionidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes
. They are related to the snappers
, but adapted for feeding on plankton
, rather than on larger prey.
They are cylindrical, streamlined fishes, of up to 60 centimetres (23.6 in) in length. Their upper jaws are extensible, and adapted for picking plankton.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
, Caesionidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes
Perciformes
The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...
. They are related to the snappers
Lutjanidae
Snappers are a family of perciform fish, mainly marine but with some members inhabiting estuaries, feeding in freshwater. Some are important food fish. One of the best known is the red snapper....
, but adapted for feeding on plankton
Plankton
Plankton are any drifting organisms that inhabit the pelagic zone of oceans, seas, or bodies of fresh water. That is, plankton are defined by their ecological niche rather than phylogenetic or taxonomic classification...
, rather than on larger prey.
They are cylindrical, streamlined fishes, of up to 60 centimetres (23.6 in) in length. Their upper jaws are extensible, and adapted for picking plankton.
Species
There are 21 species in four genera:- Genus Caesio LacepèdeLacepedeLacepede can refer to:* Bernard Germain Étienne de la Ville, Comte de Lacépède , French naturalist and politician.* Jean de La Ceppède , French poet.* Rue Lacépède, a street in Paris...
, 1801.- Blue-and-gold fusilier, Caesio caerulaurea LacepèdeLacepedeLacepede can refer to:* Bernard Germain Étienne de la Ville, Comte de Lacépède , French naturalist and politician.* Jean de La Ceppède , French poet.* Rue Lacépède, a street in Paris...
, 1801. - Redbelly yellowtail fusilier, Caesio cuning (Bloch, 1791).
- Lunar fusilier or moon fusilier, Caesio lunaris Cuvier in Cuvier and ValenciennesValenciennesValenciennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It lies on the Scheldt river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded...
, 1830. - Striated fusilier, Caesio striata Rüppell, 1830.
- Suez fusilier, Caesio suevica Klunzinger, 1884.
- Yellow-and-blueback fusilier, Caesio teres Seale, 1906.
- Variable-lined fusilier, Caesio varilineata Carpenter, 1987.
- Yellowback fusilier, Caesio xanthonotaCaesio xanthonotaCaesio xanthonota is a Fusilier from the Indian Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 40cm in length....
BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1853.
- Blue-and-gold fusilier, Caesio caerulaurea Lacepède
- Genus Dipterygonotus Bleeker, 1849.
- Mottled fusilier, Dipterygonotus balteatus (ValenciennesValenciennesValenciennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It lies on the Scheldt river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded...
in Cuvier & ValenciennesValenciennesValenciennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It lies on the Scheldt river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded...
, 1830).
- Mottled fusilier, Dipterygonotus balteatus (Valenciennes
- Genus Gymnocaesio BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1876.- Slender fusilier, Gymnocaesio gymnoptera (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1856).
- Slender fusilier, Gymnocaesio gymnoptera (Bleeker
- Genus Pterocaesio BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1876.- Capricorn fusilier, Pterocaesio capricornis Smith & Smith, 1963.
- Blacktipped fusilier or goldband fusilierGoldband fusilierThe Goldband fusilier, Pterocaesio chrysozona is a fusilier of the genus Pterocaesio. It is also known as the Blacktipped fusilier. This is a tropical reef forage fish found between latitudes 30°N and 27°S and longitudes 40°E to 157°E...
, Pterocaesio chrysozona (ValenciennesValenciennesValenciennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It lies on the Scheldt river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded...
in Cuvier & ValenciennesValenciennesValenciennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It lies on the Scheldt river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded...
, 1830). - Darkbanded fusilier or double lined fusilier, Pterocaesio digramma (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1865). - Wide-band fusilier, Pterocaesio lativittata Carpenter, 1987.
- Marr's fusilier, Pterocaesio marri Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953.
- Pterocaesio monikae Allen & Erdmann, 2008.
- Banana fusilier, Pterocaesio pisang (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1853). - Randall's fusilier, Pterocaesio randalli Carpenter, 1987.
- One-stripe fusilier, Pterocaesio tessellata Carpenter, 1987.
- Dark-banded fusilier, Pterocaesio tile (ValenciennesValenciennesValenciennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It lies on the Scheldt river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded...
in Cuvier & ValenciennesValenciennesValenciennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It lies on the Scheldt river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded...
, 1830). - Three-stripe fusilier, Pterocaesio trilineata Carpenter, 1987.