Caesio suevica
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Caesionidae |
| Genus: | Caesio |
| Species: | C. suevica
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| Binomial name | |
| Caesio suevica Klunzinger, 1884
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Caesio suevica , the Suez fusilier, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a fusilier belonging to the family Caesionidae. It is endemic to the Red Sea.
Taxonomy[edit]
Caesio suevica was first formally described in 1884 by the German zoologist Carl Benjamin Klunzinger with the type locality given as El Qoseir on the Red Sea coast of Egypt.[2] In his 1987 review of the genus Caesio, Kent E. Carpenter placed this species in the subgenus Flavicaesio.[3] The specific name means “belonging to Suez”, the Gulf of Suez being just to the north of the type locality.[4]
Description[edit]
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Caesio suevica has a moderately slender, fusiform and laterally compressed body. The jaws, vomer and palatines have small conical teeth.[3] The dorsal fin has 10 spines and 14-15 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 12 soft rays. This species can reach a maximum total length of 35 cm (14 in). These fishes are light silver blue, with fine gray stripes. The back shows a yellow line starting at the base of the dorsal fin. Ventrally they are paler. The tip of each caudal-fin lobe has a black blotch bordered by a white band.[5]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
Caesio suevica is endemic to the Red Sea records from elsewhere in the Indian Ocean are probably misidentifications.[1] The Suez fusilier inhabits coastal areas, especially on coral reefs, at a depth from 2 to 25 m.[5]
Biology[edit]
Caesio suevica form large midwater aggregations. They are oviparous. Females lay many, small pelagic eggs. They mainly feed on zooplankton,[5] mostly ctenophores and scyphozoans.[1]
Fisheries[edit]
Caesio suevica is sometimes fished for using handlines and gill nets. It is not a frequent target species for fisheries although, in Jordan, it is a commercially important.[1]
Bibliography[edit]
- 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.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Carpenter, K.E.; Al Abdali, F.S.H.; Al Buwaiqi, B.; Al Kindi, A.S.M.; Ambuali, A.; Borsa, P.; Govender, A.; Russell, B. (2019). "Caesio suevica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T20249860A67871550. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T20249860A67871550.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Caesio". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ a b Kent E. Carpenter (1988). FAO Species Catalogue Volume 8 Fusilier Fishes of the World (PDF). FAO Rome. p. 35.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (5 January 2021). "Order LUTJANIFORMES: Families HAEMULIDAE and LUTJANIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2021). "Caesio suevica" in FishBase. February 2021 version.
External links[edit]
External links[edit]
- Photos of Caesio suevica on Sealife Collection