Ruddy Fusilier

Scientific Name: Pterocaesio pisang
Family: Fusiliers - Caesionidae
Maximum Size: 21cm
Identification: Vary from a solid color to combinations of blue to blue-green to silvery red; red to black tail tips, straight thin black lateral line.
Favourite: Form aggregations, often mix with other fusiliers.
Hide-out: Steep slopes and shallow coastal and seaward reefs to 30m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - E. Africa to reefs offshore N.W. Australia, Philippines and Fiji.