Marine
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Caesio lunares Cuvier, 1830 |
| synonym | Pterocaesio lunaris (Cuvier, 1830) |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Brief
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=920, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=920, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Diagnostic Keys
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 15; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 10 - 11
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=920, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=920, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Description
Bluish body, pale ventrally; caudal lobe tips, axil and upper base of pectoral fin black. Juveniles with yellow tails and black tips. 4-5 scales on cheek; 18-25 predorsal scales; scaled dorsal and anal fins. Upper peduncular scale rows usually 10 or 11 (9-13); lower peduncular scale rows usually 14 or 15 (13-15). Supra-temporal band of scales interrupted by a thin scaleless zone at dorsal midline. basioccipital process for attachment of Baudelot"quot;s ligament absent. Post maxillary process single; posterior end of maxilla blunt.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=920, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=920, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Size
Max Length
40 TL (unsexed)
Size
40.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; )
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=920, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=920, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Trophic Strategy
In the juvenile stage, it stays close to the reef " schools with other juvenile species of caesionids, commonly with C. cuning. Adults typically feed further off the reef than other fusiliers; returning to the reef only at night to shelter .
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=920, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=920, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Diseases
Anisakis Disease (juvenile). Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=920, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=920, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat reef-associated; non-migratory; marine; depth range 0 - 50 m
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=920, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=920, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Description
Remark
Occurs throughout Indian coastal waters
Occurrence
native
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, Persian Gulf and East Africa to the Solomon Islands, north to southern Japan.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=920, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=920, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated IUCN 2006
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=920, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=920, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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No Data
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
fisheries: minor commercial; price category: medium; price reliability: questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this genus
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=920, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=920, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Information Listing
References
Overview > Diagnostic > Diagnostic Keys
- Carpenter, K.E. 1987 Revision of the Indo-Pacific fish family Caesionidae (Lutjanoidea), with descriptions of five new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes (15):56 p.
Overview > Diagnostic > Description
- Carpenter, K.E. 1987 Revision of the Indo-Pacific fish family Caesionidae (Lutjanoidea), with descriptions of five new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes (15):56 p.
Natural History > Size
- Carpenter, K.E. 1988 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 8. Fusilier fishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of caesionid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 8(125):75 p.
Natural History > Trophic Strategy
- Carpenter, K.E. 1988 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 8. Fusilier fishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of caesionid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 8(125):75 p.
Natural History > Diseases
- Arthur, J.R. and S. Lumanlan-Mayo 1997 Checklist of the parasites of fishes of the Philippines. FAO Fish. Tech. Pap. 369, 102 p. FAO, Rome.
Habitat and Distribution > General Habitat
- Carpenter, K.E. 1988 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 8. Fusilier fishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of caesionid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 8(125):75 p.
Habitat and Distribution > Distribution > Description
- Carpenter, K.E. 1988 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 8. Fusilier fishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of caesionid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 8(125):75 p.
Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status
- 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
Uses and Management > Uses
- Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter 1994 SPECIESDAB: Global species database for fishery purposes. User"s manual. FAO Computerized Information Series (Fisheries). No. 9. Rome, FAO. 103 p.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Actinopterygii |
| Order | Perciformes |
| Family | Caesionidae |
| Genus | Caesio |
| Species | Caesio lunaris Cuvier 1830 |
📊 Temporal Distribution
📷 Related Observations
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