Paracaesio
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| Paracaesio | |
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| Paracaesio xanthura | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Lutjanidae |
| Subfamily: | Apsilinae |
| Genus: | Paracaesio Bleeker, 1875 |
| Type species | |
| Caesio xanthurus Bleeker, 1869[1] | |
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Paracaesio is a genus marine ray-finned fishes, snappers belonging to the family Lutjanidae. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean,[2] with these currently recognized species:[2][3]
- Paracaesio brevidentata W. T. White & Last, 2012[3]
- 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)
