dark-banded fusilier

Pterocaesio tile

Caesionid Fish beneath Indo West Pacific

Black
Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
Medium
Tropical fish

The dark-banded fusilier (Pterocaesio tile), also known as blue-streak fusilier, bluedash fusilier, or neon fusilier, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a fusilier belonging to the family Caesionidae. It has a wide Indo-West Pacific range. It is of some importance to fisheries within its range.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Caesionidae
Genus: Pterocaesio
Maximum length: 30 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: East Africa, not including the Red Sea or the Arabian (Persian) Gulf, to the Tuamoto Archipelago, as far north as southern Japan and south to Mauritius and the Austral Islands.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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