Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Narrowstripe Fusilier
Pterocaesio tessellata
Narrowstripe Fusilier
Also known as: One-Stripe Fusilier
Category: Fusilier
Scientific Name: Pterocaesio tessellata
Size: Up to 10 in. (25 cm)  
Depth: 10-100 ft. (3-30 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific
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. tessellata (Species)
WoRMS ID: 278945🔗
iNaturalist ID: 136467🔗

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