Fusiliers

Critter Spotlight: Pterocaesio pisang

Photo Credit: Mary Jane Adams

These fishes belong in the Order Perciformes and Suborder Percoidei, where they are members of the Family Caesionidae. There are four genera, Caesio, Dipterygonotus, Gymnocaesio, and Caesio. They are somewhat large very pretty fish, possibly suited only for the very large aquarium. Very few species make it into the trade, and those listed below are some of the possibilities.

Caesio

• Caesio caerulaurea (Blue & Gold Fusilier)
• Caesio cuning (Redbelly Yellowtail Fusilier)
• Caesio lunaris (Lunar Fusilier)
• Caesio striata (Striated Fusilier)
• Caesio suevica (Suez Fusilier)
• Caesio teres (Yellow & Blueback Fusilier)
• Caesio varilineata (Variable-lined Fusilier)
• Caesio xanthonota (Yellowback Fusilier)

Pterocaesio

• Pterocaesio chrysozona (Goldband Fusilier)
• Pterocaesio digramma (Double-lined Fusilier)
• Pterocaesio lativittata (White-band Fusilier)
• Pterocaesio marri (Marr's Fusilier)
• Pterocaesio pisang (Banana Fusilier)
• Pterocaesio randalli (Randall's Fusilier)
• Pterocaesio tessellata (Onestripe Fusilier)
• Pterocaesio tile (Darkbanded Fusilier)
• Pterocaesio trilineata (Threestripe Fusilier)