slender fusilier

Gymnocaesio gymnoptera

Fish Reaching Eighteen Centimeters in the Red Sea

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Oceania
Southeast Asia
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
Medium
Tropical fish

The slender fusilier (Gymnocaesio gymnoptera) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a fusilier belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to tropical reefs in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, it is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. This species is the only known member of its genus.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Caesionidae
Genus: Gymnocaesio
Maximum length: 18 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Fiji, north to the Philippines.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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