Paracaesio
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Genus: | Paracaesio Bleeker, 1875
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Caesio xanthurus Bleeker, 1869
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Paracaesio is a genus of snappers native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean,[1] with these currently recognized species:[1][2]
- Paracaesio brevidentata W. T. White & Last, 2012[2]
- Paracaesio caerulea (Katayama, 1934) (Japanese snapper)
- Paracaesio gonzalesi Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979 (Vanuatu snapper)
- Paracaesio kusakarii T. Abe, 1960 (saddle-back snapper)
- Paracaesio paragrapsimodon W. D. Anderson & Kailola, 1992
- Paracaesio sordida T. Abe & S. Shinohara, 1962 (dirty ordure snapper)
- Paracaesio stonei U. Raj & Seeto, 1983 (cocoa snapper)
- Paracaesio waltervadi W. D. Anderson & Collette, 1992
- Paracaesio xanthura (Bleeker, 1869) (yellowtail blue snapper)
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Paracaesio". FishBase. December 2013 version.
- ^ a b White, W.T. & Last, P.R. (2012): Paracaesio brevidentata n. sp., a new snapper (Lutjanidae: Apsilinae) from Indonesia. Zootaxa, 3418: 51–60.