Striped Fusilier

Pterocaesio trilineata

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth5–32 m
Water temperature24–30 °C
Best monthsJuly, August, and October
How commonOccasional

All species

Photo credit: (c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 18 records
February: 30 records
March: 43 records
April: 24 records
May: 31 records
June: 18 records
July: 59 records
August: 58 records
September: 50 records
October: 66 records
November: 39 records
December: 15 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–32 m · Deepest record: 291.5 m

0–10 m: 66 records
10–20 m: 56 records
20–30 m: 20 records
30–40 m: 9 records
40–50 m: 5 records
50–60 m: 2 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C

22–24 °C: 5 records
24–26 °C: 28 records
26–28 °C: 58 records
28–30 °C: 78 records

Photos

(c) Donald Davesne, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jay Brasher, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Jay Brasher, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Striped Fusilier, Three-lined Fusilier, Three-stripe fusilier, Threestripe Fusilier, thre-stripe fusilier

Names in 3 more languages

Spanish: Fusilero de Tres Bandas
French: Fusilier à trois bandes
Japanese: Issentakasago, イッセンタカサゴ

Other scientific names: Caesio trilineata, Pterocaesio trilineatus

Similar species

Double-lined fusilier
Pterocaesio digramma
Banana fusilier
Pterocaesio pisang
Dark-banded fusilier
Pterocaesio tile
Goldband fusilier
Pterocaesio chrysozona
Marr's fusilier
Pterocaesio marri
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.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
443 open-data records from 1909 to 2023.
Species data updated October 30, 2026.

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