Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Blue and Yellow Fusilier
Caesio teres
Blue and Yellow Fusilier
Also known as: Yellow and Blueback Fusilier, Yellow-Tail Fusilier
Category: Fusilier
Scientific Name: Caesio teres
Size: Up to 15 in. (40 cm)  
Depth: 15-150 ft. (5-45 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Great Barrier Reef
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Eupercaria (Order)
     └Caesionidae (Family) Fusilier
      └Caesio (Genus)
       └C. teres (Species)
WoRMS ID: 219996🔗
iNaturalist ID: 68021🔗

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