Paracaesio

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)

Paracaesio
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Lutjanidae
Genus:
Paracaesio

Bleeker, 1875
Type species
Caesio xanthurus
Bleeker, 1869
Synonyms
  • Aetiasis Barnard, 1937
  • Vegetichthys S. Tanaka (I), 1917

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Paracaesio in FishBase. December 2013 version.
  2. White, W.T. & Last, P.R. (2012): Paracaesio brevidentata n. sp., a new snapper (Lutjanidae: Apsilinae) from Indonesia. Zootaxa, 3418: 51–60.


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