WoRMS taxon details
Caesio Lacepède, 1801
205824 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205824)
accepted
Genus
Odontonectes Günther, 1859 · unaccepted
- Species Caesio caerulaurea Lacepède, 1801
- Species Caesio cuning (Bloch, 1791)
- Species Caesio lunaris Cuvier, 1830
- Species Caesio striata Rüppell, 1830
- Species Caesio suevica Klunzinger, 1884
- Species Caesio teres Seale, 1906
- Species Caesio varilineata Carpenter, 1987
- Species Caesio xanthalytos Holleman, Connell & Carpenter, 2013
- Species Caesio xanthonota Bleeker, 1853
- Species Caesio algoae Smith, 1935 accepted as Spicara axillare (Boulenger, 1900) (synonym)
- Species Caesio axillaris Boulenger, 1900 accepted as Spicara axillare (Boulenger, 1900) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Caesio azuraureus Rüppell, 1830 accepted as Caesio caerulaurea Lacepède, 1801
- Species Caesio caerulaureus Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Caesio caerulaurea Lacepède, 1801 (misspelling)
- Species Caesio cearulaurea Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Caesio caerulaurea Lacepède, 1801 (misspelling)
- Species Caesio chrysozoma Cuvier, 1830 accepted as Pterocaesio chrysozona (Cuvier, 1830) (misspelling)
- Species Caesio chrysozona Cuvier, 1830 accepted as Pterocaesio chrysozona (Cuvier, 1830)
- Species Caesio chrysozonus Cuvier, 1830 accepted as Pterocaesio chrysozona (Cuvier, 1830) (misspelling)
- Species Caesio coerulaureus Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Caesio caerulaurea Lacepède, 1801 (misspelling)
- Species Caesio cunning (Bloch, 1791) accepted as Caesio cuning (Bloch, 1791) (misspelling)
- Species Caesio cylindricus Günther, 1859 accepted as Pterocaesio tile (Cuvier, 1830)
- Species Caesio diagramma Bleeker, 1864 accepted as Pterocaesio digramma (Bleeker, 1864) (misspelling)
- Species Caesio digramma Bleeker, 1864 accepted as Pterocaesio digramma (Bleeker, 1864)
- Species Caesio erythrochilurus Fowler, 1904 accepted as Caesio cuning (Bloch, 1791)
- Species Caesio erythrogaster Cuvier, 1830 accepted as Caesio cuning (Bloch, 1791)
- Species Caesio gymnopterus Bleeker, 1856 accepted as Gymnocaesio gymnoptera (Bleeker, 1856) (misspelling)
- Species Caesio lunare Cuvier, 1830 accepted as Caesio lunaris Cuvier, 1830 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Caesio lunares Cuvier, 1830 accepted as Caesio lunaris Cuvier, 1830 (misspelling)
- Species Caesio maculatus Cuvier, 1830 accepted as Caesio caerulaurea Lacepède, 1801
- Species Caesio multiradiatus Steindachner, 1861 accepted as Pterocaesio tile (Cuvier, 1830)
- Species Caesio nori Montrouzier, 1857 accepted as Caesio caerulaurea Lacepède, 1801
- Species Caesio pinjalo Bleeker, 1850 accepted as Pinjalo pinjalo (Bleeker, 1850)
- Species Caesio pisang Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Pterocaesio pisang (Bleeker, 1853)
- Species Caesio pulcherrima Smith & Smith, 1963 accepted as Caesio teres Seale, 1906
- Species Caesio pulcherrimus Smith & Smith, 1963 accepted as Caesio teres Seale, 1906
- Species Caesio striatus Rüppell, 1830 accepted as Caesio striata Rüppell, 1830 (misspelling)
- Species Caesio suevicus Klunzinger, 1884 accepted as Caesio suevica Klunzinger, 1884 (misspelling)
- Species Caesio terus Seale, 1906 accepted as Caesio teres Seale, 1906 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Caesio tile Cuvier, 1830 accepted as Pterocaesio tile (Cuvier, 1830)
- Species Caesio tricolor Cuvier, 1830 accepted as Pterocaesio tile (Cuvier, 1830)
- Species Caesio trilineata (Carpenter, 1987) accepted as Pterocaesio trilineata Carpenter, 1987
- Species Caesio varilineatus Carpenter, 1987 accepted as Caesio varilineata Carpenter, 1987 (misspelling)
- Species Caesio xanthonatus Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Caesio xanthonota Bleeker, 1853 (misspelling)
- Species Caesio xanthonotus Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Caesio xanthonota Bleeker, 1853 (misspelling)
- Species Caesio xanthurus Bleeker, 1869 accepted as Paracaesio xanthura (Bleeker, 1869) accepted as Paracaesio xanthurus (Bleeker, 1869) (Wrong gender agreement in the original publication)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Caesio Lacepède, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205824 on 2026-01-19
Date
action
by
2006-09-07 06:51:43Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34. [details]
basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | タカサゴ属 | [details] |