Caesionidae
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Caesionidae, the fusiliers, are a family of marine ray-finned fishes in the order Perciformes. The family includes about 23 species. They are related to the snappers, but adapted for feeding on plankton, rather than on larger prey. They are found at reefs in the Indo-Pacific and in the Red Sea.
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Caesionidae | |
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Fusiliers at Great Barrier Reef | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Caesionidae Bonaparte, 1831[1] |
Genera | |
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Synonyms | |
Caesioninae |
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