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Family Caesionidae
Fusiliers
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Schooling snapper-like fishes that form large schools
in the water column. They feed upon zooplankton in current-swept
areas. Excellent food fishes. Absent from Hawaii.
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INDO-PACIFIC
Pterocaesio pisang
Wakatobi, Indonesia, 30 feet
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BANANA FUSILIER
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Forms large schools along dropoffs. An
important food fish. Attains 9 inches. East Africa to
Micronesia & Fiji. |
Caesio cuning
Wakatobi, Indonesia, 30 feet
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Wakatobi, Indonesia, 30 feet
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REDBELLY FUSILIER
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Forms large schools in murky & clear water.
An important food fish. Attains 20 inches. Sri Lanka to
Okinawa, Australia, & New Caledonia. |
Caesio teres
Wakatobi, Indonesia, 30 feet
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Wakatobi, Indonesia, 30 feet
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Juvenile, Wakatobi, Indonesia, 30 feet |
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BLUE-AND-YELLOW FUSILIER
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Forms large schools along dropoffs. Attains 12
inches. East Africa to Japan, Micronesia & Samoa. |
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