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Caesionidae 
AphiaID: 151454

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Added by Database Management Team
Rank Family
Parent Perciformes
Source  basis of record: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English fusiliers  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subfamily Caesioninae
  » Genus Caesio Lacepède, 1802
» Genus Pterocaesio Bleeker, 1875
» Genus Clupeolabrus accepted as Pterocaesio Bleeker, 1875
Subfamily Gymnocaesioninae
  » Genus Dipterygonotus Bleeker, 1849
» Genus Gymnocaesio Bleeker, 1875
» Genus Dipterogonotus accepted as Dipterygonotus Bleeker, 1849
» Genus Dipterygonatus accepted as Dipterygonotus Bleeker, 1849
» Genus Smaris accepted as Spicara
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Note  Description: Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Dorsal fin having 10-15 slender spines; soft rays 8-22. Three spines in anal fin; soft rays 9-13. Jaws with small teeth in most species. Upper jaw highly protractile. Vertebrae 24. To about 60 cm maximum length. Fusiliers are closely related to snappers (Lutjanidae) but possess several adaptations for a planktivorous mode of life, such as the elongate fusiform body, the small mouth, and the deeply forked caudal fin. During the day they occur in large zooplankton feeding schools in mid-water over the reef, along steep outer reef slopes and around deep lagoon pinnacles. Although they are active swimmers, they often pause to pick zooplankton and at cleaning stations, and shelter within the reef at night. Fusiliers are important food fishes and are also used as bait in tuna fisheries. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151454
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-04-06 10:22:32Z  created  Claus, Simon
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Caesionidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151454 on 2013-05-25
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