Scientific Name: Paracaesio xanthura
Family: Snappers - Lutjanidae
Maximum Size: 40cm
Identification: Blue with yellow area on back extending from forehead to tail; similar Yellowback Fusilier distinguished by a black spot on pectoral fin base.
Favourite: Form schools.
Hide-out: Below diver depths in tropics, but 10-50m in subtropics.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - Red Sea to S.W. Japan, Papua New Guinea and Samoa.
Yellowtail False Fusilier
Labels: False Fusilier
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