Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Order: Perciformes (Perch-likes)
Family: Caesionidae (Fusiliers)

Genus/species: Caesio teres

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: Slender, torpedo shaped body, silvery-blue, yellow from back to lower tail base and tail, pectoral fin base black. The mouth is small and terminal and the tail is deeply forked.

Length to 40 cm (16 in)

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DISTRIBUTION/HABITAT: Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Micronesia, Samoa and Line Islands; southwestern Japan to Great Barrier Reef, Australia over upper edges of steep slopes, coastal seaward and patch reefs to 5–50 m (15-150 ft), with a preference for coralline lagoons.

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DIET IN THE WILD: Zooplankton.

REPRODUCTION: C. teres spawns near the surface in deep channels during an outgoing tide at sunset or a full moon. They are oviparous. The eggs are buoyant, spherical and pelagic.

CONSERVATION: IUCN; not evaluated

REMARKS: Congregate in large aggregations, often with other species of fusilier fishes.



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