Yellowback Fusilier

Caesio xanthonota

Yellow tail. The yellow on the back extends to the neck or even to the brow.

Size : 35 cm

Habitat : At outer reef slopes and patch reefs, 3-35 m. In schools, feeds on zooplankton in the open water.

Distribution : East Africa to the Maldives, Andaman Sea and the Moluccas in Indonesia.

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Actinopterygii

ORDER

:

Perciformes

FAMILY

:

Lutjanidae

GENUS

:

Caesio

SPECIES

:

Caesio xanthonota

Other Information

Population Status

Least Concern (LC)

PHOTO COLLECTION

Reference

  1. inaturalist.org
  2. Reef Fishes of the Indo-Pacific. Book by Matthias Bergbauer and Manuela Kirschner