Scissortail Fusilier

Scientific Name: Caesio caerulaurea
Family: Fusiliers - Caesionidae
Maximum Size: 35cm
Identification: Silvery blue; yellow stripe on side from head to tail, dark streak on each lobe of forked tail.
Favourite: Form large aggregations, often mix with other fusiliers.
Hide-out: Upper edge of steep slopes and around coastal patch reefs and seaward reefs to 30m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Samoa. S.W. Japan to Micronesia and Great Barrier Reef.