Caesio
Caesio | |
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Caesio suevica from the Red Sea | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Caesionidae |
Genus: | Caesio Lacépède, 1801 |
Type species | |
Caesio caerulaureus Lacépède, 1801 | |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Caesio is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, fusiliers belonging to the family Caesionidae. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, although one species has invaded the eastern Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal by Lessepsian migration.
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