Paracaesio
| Paracaesio | |
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| Paracaesio xanthura | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Lutjanidae |
| Subfamily: | Apsilinae |
| Genus: | Paracaesio Bleeker, 1875 |
| Type species | |
| Caesio xanthurus Bleeker, 1869[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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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,[2] with these currently recognized species:[2][3]
- & Last, 2012[3]
- Paracaesio caerulea (, 1934) (Japanese snapper)
- Fourmanoir & , 1979 (Vanuatu snapper)
- T. Abe, 1960 (saddle-back snapper)
- & Kailola, 1992
- T. Abe & , 1962 (dirty ordure snapper)
- & , 1983 (cocoa snapper)
- & Collette, 1992
- Paracaesio xanthura (Bleeker, 1869) (yellowtail blue snapper)
References[]
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Lutjanidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Paracaesio in FishBase. December 2013 version.
- ^ a b White, W.T. & Last, P.R. (2012): Paracaesio brevidentata n. sp., a new snapper (Lutjanidae: Apsilinae) from Indonesia. Zootaxa, 3418: 51–60.
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