The dark-banded fusilier (Pterocaesio tile), also known as blue-streak fusilier, bluedash fusilier, or neon fusilier, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a fusilier belonging to the family Caesionidae.

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Caesio tile Cuvier, 1830) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pterocaesio tile) To FishBase To FishBase (from synonym Caesio tile Cuvier, 1830) To FishBase images (Pterocaesio tile, Marshall Is., by Randall, J.E.) To Fishipedia To GenBank (53 nucleotides; 61 proteins)

Ranges widely around coral reefs. Juveniles occasionally appear in large numbers in shallow lagoons and on reef flats (Ref. 9710). Feeds on zooplankton in midwater aggregations. Oviparous, with numerous, small pelagic eggs (Ref. 402). Also caught by drive-in nets. Tuna baitfish. Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 128797. Carpenter, K.E., 1987.

Pterocaesio was described as a genus in 1876 by the Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker with Franz Steindachner's Caesio multiradiatus as the type species. [1] This taxon was subsequently shown to be a synonym of Caesio tile which had been described by Georges Cuvier in 1830. [2] The generic name is a compound of ptero meaning "fin" and the ...

The Cigar Wrasse, scientifically known as Pterocaesio tile, is a vibrant and active species that adds both color and movement to a saltwater aquarium. They are known for their elongated bodies and striking blue lines that run horizontally along their silver to yellowish bodies.

Pterocaesio tile (Cuvier, 1830) in GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-03-03. Allen, G. R., 1985: Snappers of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Cataloque of Lutjanid Species Known to Date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 6. vi + 208.

SYNONYMS: Caesio tile [O] TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; CAESIONIDAE. COMMENT: Formerly LUTJANIDAE, Caesionidae.

Caesio tile Cuvier, 1830 in GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-01-23.

Individuals can rapidly change colour, becoming reddish below with a shorter blue stripe. Rowley Shoals, Western Australia, Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea, and the far northern Great Barrier Reef and reefs in the Coral Sea to the Solitary Islands, New South Wales; also Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean.

Broad iridescent blue stripe from snout to either mid body or tail with thin dark yellow/brown stripe above from tail base to behind gill cover. Black stripes along upper and lower tail lobes, dark crosshatched scale pattern on upper body, pinkish belly and a black spot at pectoral fin base. Belly and entire body below lateral line can rapidly to red, usually in this form at night but ...