The fusilier fishes are a family, Caesionidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes. They are related to the snappers, but adapted for feeding on plankton, rather than on larger prey.
They are cylindrical, streamlined fishes, of up to 60 centimetres (24 in) in length. Their upper jaws are extensible, and adapted for picking plankton.
Caesio Caesioninae
Fusilier fishes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Suborder:
Percoidei
Superfamily:
Percoidea
Family:
Caesionidae
Genera
Dipterygonotus
Gymnocaesio
Pterocaesio
Synonyms
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