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Caesionidae
Goldsash fusilier
Caesio xanthalytos
Gold sashed fusilier along African eastern shores
- Yellow
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Indian Ocean
- Africa
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Yellow
Tropical
Regional distribution
Fusiform
MediumGoldsash fusilier is a fish found around Western Indian Ocean. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 22 cm. Its body is fusiform body.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Caesionidae
- Genus
- Caesio
- Maximum length
- 22 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Indian Ocean: Kenya (purchased in Mombasa market), Tanzania (Dar es Salaam), southern Mozambique and KwaZulu-Natal (Margate, 30°51' S), southern Madagascar (Ref. 94071 ); and a new record from the Laccadive Arch. (Ref. 130907 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
