Paracaesio

Paracaesio
Paracaesio xanthura
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Lutjanidae
Subfamily:	Apsilinae
Genus:	Paracaesio Bleeker, 1875
Type species
Caesio xanthurus Bleeker, 1869[1]
Synonyms[1]
Aetiasis Barnard, 1937 Vegetichthys S. Tanaka (I), 1917

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)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Lutjanidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Paracaesio". FishBase. February 2023 version.
3. White, William T. & Last, Peter R. (10 August 2012). "Paracaesio brevidentata n. sp., a new snapper (Lutjanidae: Apsilinae) from Indonesia". Zootaxa. 3418 (1): 51–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3418.1.4.