False Fusilier
Paracaesio xanthurus
- Usual depth9–100 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsJune, July, and August
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 132 records
- February: 75 records
- March: 58 records
- April: 71 records
- May: 105 records
- June: 245 records
- July: 337 records
- August: 282 records
- September: 202 records
- October: 177 records
- November: 180 records
- December: 138 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 9–100 m · Deepest record: 227 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- False Fusilier, Gold-backed Fusilier, Pedley's Fusilier, southern fusilier, yellowback fusilier, Yellowtail Blue Snapper, Yellowtail Fusilier
Names in 3 more languages
- Spanish
- Panchote rabo amarillo
- French
- Vivanette à queue jaune, Vivanette queue jaune
- Japanese
- Umeiro, ウメイロ
Other scientific names: Aetiasis cantharoides, Apsilus xanthurus, Caesio xanthurus, Paracaesio pedleyi, Paracaesio tumidus, Paracaesio xanthura, Paraceasio xanthurus, Vegetichthys tumidus
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Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 2,033 open-data records from 1869 to 2013.
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