Caesio

Caesio
Caesio cuning from New Caledonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Caesionidae
Genus: Caesio
Lacépède, 1801
Type species
Caesio caerulaureus
Lacépède, 1801

Caesio is a genus of fish in the family Caesionidae, the fusiliers. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

Currently, 9 species in this genus are recognized:[1][2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Caesio in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. 1 2 Holleman, W., Connell, A.D. & Carpenter, K.E. (2013): Caesio xanthalytos, a new species of fusilier (Perciformes: Caesionidae) from the Western Indian Ocean, with records of range extensions for several species of Caesionidae. Zootaxa, 3702 (3): 262–272.
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