Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Ruddy Fusilier
Pterocaesio pisang
Ruddy Fusilier
Also known as: Banana fusilier
Category: Fusilier
Scientific Name: Pterocaesio pisang
Size: Up to 8 in. (20 cm)  
Depth: 40-300 ft. (12-90 m)
Distribution: Indo-West 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
      └Pterocaesio (Genus)
       └P. pisang (Species)
WoRMS ID: 213658🔗
iNaturalist ID: 183185🔗

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