Threestripe Fusilier

Scientific Name: Pterocaesio trilineata
Family: Fusiliers - Caesionidae
Maximum Size: 20cm
Identification: Silvery; three yellowish to brownish stripes alternate with three bluish stripes on back; dark tail tips.
Favourite: Form aggregations, often mix with other fusiliers.
Hide-out: Steep slopes, shallow coastal, lagoon and seaward reefs to 30m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa to Fiji, Line Is. and French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to E. Australia.