Species Pterocaesio marri Schultz, 1953

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Pterocaesio marri Schultz, L.P. 1953. Family Lutjanidae. Snappers. pp. 521-556, figs 85, 86, pls 44B, 47, 48A-C in Schultz, L.P., Herald, E.S., Lachner, E.A., Welander, A.D. & Woods, L.P. (eds). Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands. Vol. 1. Families Asymmetrontidae through Siganidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 202(1): 1-685, figs 1-90, pls 1-74 [545].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 140248, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands.
  Paratype(s) USNM 202544; USNM 140249.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Caesio chrysozonus Cuvier, 1830. —
  Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [289] (a misidentification)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

North of Cockburn Reef (11°42'S) to Ribbon Reefs (14°40'S), QLD, and Holmes Reef, Coral Sea (16°31'S), also Christmas Island; tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Christmas Island Province (23), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore, marine, pelagic, schooling.

Extra Ecological Information

1-30 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [130]

Allen, G.R., Steene, R.C. & Orchard, M. 2007. Fishes of Christmas Island. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 2 edn, 284 pp. [117]

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 [38]

Carpenter, K.E. 1988. FAO Species Catalogue. Fusilier fishes of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of caesionid species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 8. Rome : FAO 75 pp. [56]

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. [2936]

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [289] (as Caesio chrysozonus)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [187]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs.

 

Common Name References

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. [2936] (Marr's Fusilier)

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [289] (Bananafish, Black-tipped Fusilier)

Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls. [78] (Big-tail Fusilier)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [187] (FAO) (Marr's Fusilier)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Bigtail Fusilier)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
18-Dec-2012		18-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED