Pterocaesio

Pterocaesio is a genus of fusiliers[1] found in the Indian and Pacific oceans, with these currently recognized species:[2]

  • Pterocaesio capricornis J. L. B. Smith & M. M. Smith, 1963 (capricorn fusilier)
  • Pterocaesio chrysozona (G. Cuvier, 1830) (goldband fusilier)
  • Pterocaesio digramma or diagramma[3] (Bleeker, 1864) (double-lined fusilier, banana fish[4])
  • Pterocaesio flavifasciata G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2006 (yellowstripe fusilier)
  • Pterocaesio lativittata K. E. Carpenter, 1987 (wide-band fusilier)
  • Pterocaesio marri L. P. Schultz, 1953 (Marr's fusilier)
  • Pterocaesio monikae G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2008
  • Pterocaesio pisang (Bleeker, 1853) (banana fusilier)
  • Pterocaesio randalli K. E. Carpenter, 1987 (Randall's fusilier)
  • Pterocaesio tessellata K. E. Carpenter, 1987 (one-stripe fusilier)
  • Pterocaesio tile (G. Cuvier, 1830) (dark-banded fusilier)
  • Pterocaesio trilineata K. E. Carpenter, 1987 (three-stripe fusilier)

Pterocaesio
Pterocaesio tile at Bunaken, Sulawesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Caesionidae
Genus:
Pterocaesio

Bleeker, 1876
Type species
Caesio multiradiatus
Steindachner, 1861

References
  1. Carpenter K.E. (1988) FAO Species Catalogue: Vol 8: Fusilier fishes of the world Unipub. ISBN 978-92-5-102746-2.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Pterocaesio in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. Catalogue of Life, FishBase
  4. Willcox, D. Craig and Makoto Suzuki, M.D. (2004). The Okinawa Diet Plan: Get Leaner, Live Longer, and Never Feel Hungry, p. 152 ISBN 978-1-4000-8200-1.
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