WoRMS taxon details
Caesio varilineata Carpenter, 1987
219988 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219988)
accepted
Species
Caesio varilineatus Carpenter, 1987 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Carpenter, K. E. (1987). Revision of the Indo-Pacific fish family Caesionidae (Lutjanoidea), with descriptions of five new species. <em>Indo-Pacific Fishes.</em> No. 15: 1-56, Pls. 1-7. [details]
Description Found primarily around coral reefs. Feeds on zooplankton in midwater aggregations. Forms schools with other caesionids in...
Description Found primarily around coral reefs. Feeds on zooplankton in midwater aggregations. Forms schools with other caesionids in the area. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Caesio varilineata Carpenter, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219988 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Carpenter, K. E. (1987). Revision of the Indo-Pacific fish family Caesionidae (Lutjanoidea), with descriptions of five new species. <em>Indo-Pacific Fishes.</em> No. 15: 1-56, Pls. 1-7. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | variable-lined fusilier | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caesio varilineata)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Caesio varilineatus Carpenter, 1987)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caesio varilineata FIN027303 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caesio varilineata FIN027304 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caesio varilineata)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Caesio varilineatus Carpenter, 1987)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caesio varilineata FIN027303 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caesio varilineata FIN027304 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
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