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Caesio varilineata Carpenter, 1987 
AphiaID: 219988

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Caesionidae (Family) > Caesioninae (Subfamily) > Caesio (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Caesio Lacepède, 1802
Synonymised
taxa		  Caesio varilineatus Carpenter, 1987 (misspelling)
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English variable-lined fusilier  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Comores [details]
Djibouti [details]
Eritrea [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mozambique [details]
Red Sea [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Barcode of Life
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Found primarily around coral reefs. Feeds on zooplankton in midwater aggregations. Forms schools with other caesionids in the area. [details]

Remark: previously as C. caerulaurea [details]
Image 
Caesio varilineata Carpenter, 1987
Caesio varilineata Carpenter, 1987
added on 2010-10-21 - author: Hillewaert, Hans
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219988
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Caesio varilineata Carpenter, 1987. 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=219988 on 2013-06-18
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