Carolines False Fusilier

Paracaesio paragrapsimodon

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Lutjanidae
Genus: Paracaesio
Maximum length: 27.5 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Central Pacific: known only from the type specimens, one collected off Ponape [=Pohnpei], Caroline Islands and the other in Basilisk Passage, off Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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