Cesium ( Latin Caesio ) is a genus of marine pelagic ray-finned fish from the family of cesionic (Caesionidae) perch-like orders. They are found in the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific .
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 Caesio cuning from New Caledonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Caesio Lacépède , 1801 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Currently, 9 species are included in the genus: [1] [2]
- Caesio caerulaurea Lacépède , 1801 (type species)
- Caesio cuning ( Bloch , 1791)
- Caesio lunaris G. Cuvier , 1830
- Caesio striata Rüppell , 1830
- Caesio suevica Klunzinger , 1884
- Caesio teres Seale , 1906
- Caesio varilineata KE Carpenter , 1987
- Caesio xanthalytos Holleman , Connell & KE Carpenter , 2013 [2]
- Caesio xanthonota Bleeker , 1853
Notes
- ↑ Fish Identification
- ↑ 1 2 Holleman, W., Connell, AD & Carpenter, KE (2013): Caesio xanthalytos , a new species of fusilier (Perciformes: Caesionidae) from the Western Indian Ocean, with records of range extensions for several species of Caesionidae. Zootaxa, 3702 (3): 262–272.