Banana fusilier

Pterocaesio pisang

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth10 m
Water temperature26–30 °C
Best monthsOctober
How commonCommon

Photo credit: (c) Vsevolod Rudyi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Pterocaesio pisang, the banana fusilier or ruddy 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 pisang”, 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: 30 records
February: 57 records
March: 120 records
April: 36 records
May: 34 records
June: 33 records
July: 44 records
August: 29 records
September: 62 records
October: 5,005 records
November: 54 records
December: 47 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 10 m · Deepest record: 226 m

0–10 m: 30 records
10–20 m: 5,028 records
20–30 m: 34 records
30–40 m: 17 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 3 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 1 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 26–30 °C

26–28 °C: 26 records
28–30 °C: 904 records

Photos

(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jay Brasher, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) luluchouette, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Banana fusilier, Bananafish, banana fusilier, Bleeker's Fusilier, Ruddy Fusilier

Names in 4 more languages

Spanish: Fusilero banana
Filipino: Dalagang bukid
French: Caesio rose, Fusilier banane, Fusilier-banane
Simplified Chinese: 斑尾烏尾鮗, 斑尾鱗鰭梅鯛, 斑尾鱗鰭烏尾鮗, 烏尾冬仔

Other scientific names: Caesio pisang

Similar species

Double-lined fusilier
Pterocaesio digramma
Dark-banded fusilier
Pterocaesio tile
Goldband fusilier
Pterocaesio chrysozona
Marr's fusilier
Pterocaesio marri
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).
5,395 open-data records from 1853 to 2023.
Species data updated October 30, 2026.

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