Genus Caesio Lacépède, 1801
- Caesio Lacépède, B.G. 1801. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : chez Plassan Vol. 3 558 pp. 34 pls. [85] [the name is from the Latin meaning cutting or scissor and is feminine, although often treated as masculine].
Type species:
Caesio caerulaureus Lacépède, 1801 by subsequent designation, see Bleeker, P. 1876. Systema Percarum revisum Pars I et II. Archives Néerlandaises des Sciences Naturelles 11: 247-340 [274].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west-central Pacific.
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
General References
Carpenter, K.E. 1987. Revision of the Indo-Pacific fish family Caesionidae (Lutjanoidea), with descriptions of five new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 15: 1-56 figs 1-10 pls 1-7
Carpenter, K.E. 2001. Caesionidae. pp. 2919-2941 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 18-Dec-2012 | 18-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |