Fish
Dusky Fusilier Snapper
Paracaesio sordidus
A slender, fusilier-like snapper of deeper reef slopes, built for cruising open water above the drop-off.
- Habitat
- Deep reef slopes and drop-offs
The dusky fusilier snapper is a streamlined member of the snapper family that resembles the true fusiliers, with a slim, torpedo-shaped body suited to open-water swimming.
It is a fish of deeper reef slopes and drop-offs in the Indo-Pacific, reaching into South African waters, where it forms shoals above the reef edge.