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Paracaesio

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Paracaesio

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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, with these currently recognized species: Paracaesio brevidentata W. T. White & Last, 2012 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, 198

Species

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyLutjanidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded1,704

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
135
With media
20
Family
Lutjanidae
Collections
RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, USNM, LACM
Recorded in
Australia, Myanmar, Philippines, Tanzania, Micronesia, Indonesia, American Samoa

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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, with these currently recognized species: Paracaesio brevidentata W. T. White & Last, 2012 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==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paracaesio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.