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The Fusiliers, genera Caesio and Pterocaesio are rarely seen in the west, but I know of associates of public and private aquaria who have kept these for years; many are attractive (check them out in WEB/HRA/REH's Marine Atlas). Additionally, for snappers they're a diminutive lot, 6-12 inches. Some taxonomists place these fishes in their own family Caesionidae, or as part of the lutjanids. Their care is similar to the smaller, more delicate Snappers. Genus Caesio: | Caesio caerulaurea Lacepede 1801, the Blue and Gold Fusilier. Indo-West Pacific; Red Sea, eastern Africa to Japan and New Caledonia. To fourteen inches in length. These off of Pulau Redang, Malaysia. | 
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| Caesio cuning (Bloch 1791), the Red-Bellied Fusilier. Indo-West Pacific. To about ten inches maximum length. This one in Australian waters. | 
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Caesio lunaris Cuvier 1830, the Lunar Fusilier. Indo-West Pacific; Red Sea, eastern Africa to the Solomon Islands. To sixteen inches maximum length. This one in the Maldives. |  |
Caesio suevicus Klunzinger 1884, The Suez Fusilier. Red Sea endemic. To fourteen inches in length. | 
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| Caesio teres Seale 1906, the Goldband Fusilier. To sixteen inches in length. Indo-west Pacific; Africa to Line Islands, excluding the Red Sea. Fiji and N. Sulawesi image of a juvenile, adults above in title table. |  
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Genus Pterocaesio: | Pterocaesio chrysozona (Cuvier 1830), the Double-Lined Fusilier. Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to eastern Australia. To 21 cm. in length. |  |
| Pterocaesio digramma (Bleeker 1865), the Double-Lined Fusilier. Western Pacific; Indonesia to western Australia. To one foot in length. One off Heron Island, Australia, another in Raja Ampat, Indo. |  
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| Pterocaesio tile (Cuvier, 1830), the Dark-banded Fusilier. Western Pacific to East Africa; Mauritius to the Australs. To one foot in length. N. Sulawesi pix. | 
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| Bigger PIX: The images in this table are linked to large (desktop size) copies. Click on "framed" images to go to the larger size. |
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| Pterocaesio trilineata Richardson 1987, the Three-Lined Fusilier. Western Indian Ocean to Western Pacific. To eight inches in length. Photographed in Redang, Malaysia. | 
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Bibliography/Further Reference: http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/Summary/FamilySummary.cfm?ID=459
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