Paracaesio xanthura

Paracaesio xanthura, the yellowtail blue snapper, the false fusilier, gold-backed fusilier, Pedley's fusilier or Southern fusilier, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific region.

Paracaesio xanthura
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Lutjanidae
Genus: Paracaesio
Species:
P. xanthura
Binomial name
Paracaesio xanthura
(Bleeker, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Caesio xanthurus Bleeker, 1869
  • Apsilus xanthurus (Bleeker, 1869)
  • Paracaesio pedleyi McCulloch & Waite, 1916
  • Vegetichthys tumidus Tanaka, 1917
  • Aetiasis cantharoides Barnard, 1937
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