yellowback fusilier

Caesio xanthonota

Yellow back fish ranging East Africa to Indonesia

Yellow
Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Africa
Oceania
Southeast Asia
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
Medium
Tropical fish

The yellowback fusilier (Caesio xanthonota) is a pelagic marine ray-finned fish, a fusilier belonging to the family Caesionidae. It is native to the tropical Indo-Pacific, being found in shallow water from the East African coast to Indonesia.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Caesionidae
Genus: Caesio
Water type: Marine
Body shape: fusiform