Yellowtail blue snapper

Paracaesio xanthurus

Lutjanid Fish of Japanese Waters

Yellowtail blue snapper is a marine fish found around Indo-Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 50 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Lutjanidae
Genus: Paracaesio
Maximum length: 50 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Austral Islands, north to southern Japan, south to southeastern Australia. Paracaesio xanthura , a complex of variable populations, may compose a single or two (or more) species. Paracaesio pedleyi , from Lord Howe Island, Middleton Reef, and eastern Australian waters, is included here with some reservation (Ref. 9821 ).

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