Biology:Paracaesio

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Paracaesio
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Paracaesio xanthura
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Lutjanidae
Subfamily: Apsilinae
Genus: Paracaesio
Bleeker, 1875
Type species
Caesio xanthurus
Bleeker, 1869[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Aetiasis Barnard, 1937
  • Vegetichthys S. Tanaka (I), 1917

Paracaesio is a genus marine ray-finned fishes, snappers belonging to the family Lutjanidae. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean,[2] with these currently recognized species:[2][3]

  • Paracaesio brevidentata W. T. White & Last, 2012[3]
  • Paracaesio caerulea (Katayama, 1934) (Japanese snapper)
  • Paracaesio gonzalesi Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979 (Vanuatu snapper)
  • Paracaesio kusakarii T. Abe, 1960 (saddle-back snapper)
  • Paracaesio paragrapsimodon W. D. Anderson & Kailola, 1992
  • Paracaesio sordida T. Abe & S. Shinohara, 1962 (dirty ordure snapper)
  • Paracaesio stonei U. Raj & Seeto, 1983 (cocoa snapper)
  • Paracaesio waltervadi W. D. Anderson & Collette, 1992
  • Paracaesio xanthura (Bleeker, 1869) (yellowtail blue snapper)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Lutjanidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Lutjanidae. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). Species of Paracaesio in FishBase. February 2023 version.
  3. 3.0 3.1 White, William T.; Last, Peter R. (10 August 2012). "Paracaesio brevidentata n. sp., a new snapper (Lutjanidae: Apsilinae) from Indonesia". Zootaxa 3418 (1): 51–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3418.1.4. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1934139 entry