yellowback fusilier

Caesio xanthonota

Yellow back fish ranging East Africa to Indonesia

Yellow
Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Africa
Oceania
Southeast Asia
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
Medium
Tropical fish

The yellowback fusilier (Caesio xanthonota) is a pelagic marine ray-finned fish, a fusilier belonging to the family Caesionidae. It is native to the tropical Indo-Pacific, being found in shallow water from the East African coast to Indonesia.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Caesionidae
Genus: Caesio
Maximum length: 41.8 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indian Ocean: East Africa (not including the Red Sea and the Arabian (Persian) Gulf) to Indonesia. Records of this species from the Marshall Islands and Australia are probably misidentifications of Caesio teres .
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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