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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Caesionidae (Fusiliers) > Caesioninae
Etymology: Caesio: Latin, caesius, bluish-grey, 1835; it is the same name given to the silvery metal (Cs) (Ref. 45335); xanthalytos: Name from Greek, literally meaning 'yellow line'; referring to the prominent deep yellow band along the fish’s midside; noun in apposition..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino; salmastro; distribuzione batimetrica 8 - 40 m (Ref. 94071). Tropical

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Western Indian Ocean: Kenya (purchased in Mombasa market), Tanzania (Dar es Salaam), southern Mozambique and KwaZulu-Natal (Margate, 30°51' S), southern Madagascar (Ref. 94071); and a new record from the Laccadive Arch. (Ref. 130907).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 94071)

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Spine dorsali (totale) : 10; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 15; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 11 - 12; Vertebre: 23. This medium-sized species is distinguished by the following: a prominent, composite, yellow lateral band in life, bordered by irregular dark brown stripes, and with a narrow blue stripe in the yellow, above the lateral line; the lateral line is within band for most of length; 19-22 pectoral-fin rays (rarely 19 or 21, 22); 57-67 (mode 59-62) lateral line scales; 11-12 (mode 11) anal fin rays; 8 + 12 circumpeduncular scales (Ref. 94071).

This species schools with Caesio variliniata and both have been observed together in large shoals in northern KwaZulu-Natal. Prolific spawning in the Park Rynie area, KwaZulu-Natal (30°20’ S, 30°45’ E) is apparent due to abundance of eggs of this species from plankton collections (Ref. 94071).

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Holleman, W., A.D, Connell and K.E. Carpenter, 2013. Caesio xanthalytos, a new species of fusilier (Perciformes: Caesionidae) from the Western Indian Ocean, with records of range extensions for several species of Caesionidae. Zootaxa 3702(3):262-272. (Ref. 94071)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 28 June 2018

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 24.7 - 27.5, mean 26.7 °C (based on 42 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01259 (0.00551 - 0.02875), b=3.09 (2.90 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilienza (Ref. 120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (17 of 100).

Caesio xanthalytos Holleman, Connell & Carpenter, 2013