Marr's fusilier
Pterocaesio marri
- Usual depth9–33 m
- Water temperature21–30 °C
- Best monthsMarch and April
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Pterocaesio marri, Marr's fusilier, bigtail fusilier, blacktip fusilier, bananafish or twinstripe fusilier is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a fusilier belonging to the family Caesionidae. It is widespread around reefs in the Indo-West Pacific region.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Pterocaesio marri”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 20 records
- February: 45 records
- March: 125 records
- April: 79 records
- May: 37 records
- June: 11 records
- July: 18 records
- August: 35 records
- September: 13 records
- October: 63 records
- November: 12 records
- December: 8 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 9–33 m · Deepest record: 76.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Marr's fusilier, Bananafish, Big-tail Fusilier, Bigtail Fusilier, Black-tipped Fusilier, Marr's Fusilier, Twinstripe Fusilier
Names in 5 more languages
- Spanish
- Fusilero de línea amarilla, Fusilero de Marr
- Filipino
- Dalagang bukid
- French
- Fusilier de Marr
- Japanese
- Nisetakasago, ニセタカサゴ
- Simplified Chinese
- 烏尾冬仔, 馬氏烏尾鮗, 馬氏鱗鰭梅鯛, 馬氏鱗鰭烏尾鮗, 马氏鳞鳍梅鲷
Other scientific names: Pterocaesio kohleri, Pterocasesio marri
Similar species
- Double-lined fusilier
Pterocaesio digramma
- Banana fusilier
Pterocaesio pisang
- Dark-banded fusilier
Pterocaesio tile
- Goldband fusilier
Pterocaesio chrysozona
- Striped Fusilier
Pterocaesio trilineata
- Randall's fusilier
Pterocaesio randalli
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.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 879 open-data records from 1946 to 2023.
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