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Caesionidae (Fusiliers) > Caesioninae
Etymology: Caesio: Latin, caesius, bluish-grey, 1835; it is the same name given to the silvery metal (Cs) (Ref. 45335).
Issue
previously as C. caerulaurea
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
marien rifbewoner; standvastig; diepte 2 - 25 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical; 29°N - 29°S, 32°E - 115°E
Indian Ocean: East Africa, including the Red Sea and the Arabian (Persian) Gulf, to western Indonesia.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 402)
Dorsale stekels (totaal) : 10; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 14 - 16; Anale stekels: 3; Anale zachte stralen: 11 - 13.
Inhabits deep lagoons and seaward reefs. Feeds on zooplankton in midwater aggregations. Forms schools with other caesionids. Oviparous, with numerous, small pelagic eggs (Ref. 402). Juveniles used as tuna bait fish.
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Carpenter, K.E., 1987. Revision of the Indo-Pacific fish family Caesionidae (Lutjanoidea), with descriptions of five new species. Indo-Pac. Fish. (15):56 p. (Ref. 1723)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Gevaar voor de mens
Harmless
Gebruik door de mens
Visserij: van minder commercieel belang; aas: occasionally
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 26.7 - 29.3, mean 28 °C (based on 715 cells).
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01288 (0.00577 - 0.02877), b=3.09 (2.90 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trofisch niveau (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.45 se; based on food items.
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref.
120179): Hoog, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd minder dan 15 maanden (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 55.4 [36.2, 82.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.712 [0.467, 1.044] mg/100g; Protein = 19.1 [18.1, 20.0] %; Omega3 = 0.129 [0.088, 0.186] g/100g; Selenium = 28.6 [18.0, 49.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 101 [41, 254] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.13 [0.82, 1.50] mg/100g (wet weight);