One-stripe Fusilier

Q: Where can you find One-stripe Fusilier?

One-stripe Fusilier can be found in: Malaysia East, Taiwan, Marshall Islands, Malaysia West, Anilao, Somalia East, Vanuatu, Brunei, China, Myanmar, Australia, Hong Kong, Kenya, India, Japan South, India East, Thailand East, Thailand West, Somalia North, Australia East, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Vietnam, Seychelles, Cambodia, Indo-Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Bangladesh, Polynesia, Singapore, Tanzania, Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia, Mozambique, Palau, Philippines, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Micronesia, Tonga and Samoa, Mascarene Islands, Madagascar, Comoros, Fiji, Thailand, Somalia.

Pterocaesio tessellata

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Pterocaesio tessellata is a spesies of fusiliers found in the Indian and Pacific oceans.

Description

Body is light bluish green dorsally, white ventrally. Tips of caudal lobes are black. Scales on upper 2/3 of body lighter than distal portion. Usually 5 rows of scales on cheek; 22-29 predorsal scales; scaled dorsal and anal fins. Upper peduncular scale rows usually 11-13 (11-14). Lower peduncular scale rows 15-17. Supra-temporal band of scales confluent at dorsal midline. 2 Post maxillary processes; posterior end of maxilla tapered. Horizontal stripe is yellow covering lateral line scales. Head length 3.2-3.7 in SL; body depth 3.3-4.4 in SL.

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific: Sri Lanka to Vanuatu.

Habitat

It inhabits clear coastal to outer reef slopes or drop-offs. Feeds on zooplankton in midwater aggregations. Oviparous, with numerous, small pelagic eggs. Caught mainly by drive-in-nets.