Threestripe Fusilier, Pterocaesio trilineata Carpenter 1987
Other Names: Striped Fusilier, Three-lined Fusilier, Three-stripe Fusilier, Three-striped Fusilier
Threestripe Fusiliers, Pterocaesio trilineata, at Kadavu, Fiji. Source: Paddy Ryan / http://www.ryanphotographic.com/. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
A slender brownish fusilier with three narrow pale blue stripes on the upper side, a silvery white underside, and dark caudal-fin tips.
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Bray, D.J. 2019, Pterocaesio trilineata in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1235
Threestripe Fusilier, Pterocaesio trilineata Carpenter 1987
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Distribution |
Scott Reef, Western Australia, and Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea, and the northern Great Barrier Reef , Queensland; also Norfolk Island in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, west-central Pacific. Forms school on coastal, lagoon and seaward reefs, feeding on zooplankton in the water column. |
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Species Citation |
Pterocaesio trilineata Carpenter 1987, Indo-Pacific Fishes 15: 43, pl. 4, fig. D, pl. 7, fig. 1. Type locality: Fiji Islands. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2019 |
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Threestripe Fusilier, Pterocaesio trilineata Carpenter 1987
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