Scientific Name: Caesio lunaris
Family: Fusiliers - Caesionidae
Maximum Size: 40cm
Identification: Silvery blue; black tip on tail lobes, row of black dashes on arching lateral line. Young - Yellow tail with black tips.
Favourite: Form large aggregations, often mix with other fusiliers.
Hide-out: Upper edge of steep slopes, coastal patch and seaward reefs to 30m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Solomon Is. and Fiji. S.W. Japan to Palau and Great Barrier Reef.
Lunar Fusilier
Mottled Fusilier
Scientific Name: Dipterygonatus balteatus
Family: Fusiliers - Caesionidae
Maximum Size: 14cm
Identification: Brownish to bronze back, silvery below; pair of thin dark wavy stripes on back and pale tan stripe below, dark tail tips.
Favourite: Form aggregations, often mix with other fusiliers.
Hide-out: Coastal, lagoons and seaward reefs to 20m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Gulf of Aden and Somalia to Solomon Is. Taiwan to Australia.
Slender Fusilier
Scientific Name: Gymnocaesio gymnoptera
Family: Fusiliers - Caesionidae
Maximum Size: 18cm
Identification: Bluish green back, silvery pink to reddish below; 2-3 diffuse wavy stripes on back and narrow yellow to brown stripe below, dark tail tips.
Favourite: Form aggregations, often mix with other fusiliers.
Hide-out: Coral reefs in 2-20m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Fiji, north to Philippines.
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