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.

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.

Randall's Fusilier

Scientific Name: Pterocaesio randalli
Family: Fusiliers - Caesionidae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Silvery blue to reddish blue or blue-green; large elongate yellow blotch on forebody, black to reddish tail tips.
Favourite: Form aggregations, often mix with other fusiliers.
Hide-out: Steep slopes and coastal, lagoon and seaward reefs to 30m.
Location: East Indo-Asian Pacific - E. Andaman Sea to Molucca Is. in Indonesia and S. Philippines.