Bluestreak Fusilier

Scientific Name: Pterocaesio tile
Family: Fusiliers - Caesionidae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Silvery blue; several dark scale row stripes on back, wider dark stripe below, iridescent blue stripe from gill cover to tail, black streak on tail lobes.
Favourite: Form aggregations, often mix with other fusiliers.
Hide-out: Clear water slopes and reefs to 60m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa to Rapa I. in French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to New Caledonia.