Fish
Yellowtail Fusilier Snapper
Paracaesio xanthura
A handsome slate-blue fusilier-snapper with a bright yellow back and tail, shoaling over deeper reef slopes.
Also known as geelstert, protea bream
- Typical size
- Attains 45-50 cm
- Habitat
- Deeper reef slopes
The yellowtail fusilier is a slender, streamlined snapper: the upper part of the body and the tail are yellow, while the head and the rest of the body are slate blue. It reaches 45 to 50 cm.
A tropical Indo-West Pacific species, it ranges south to Durban and shoals over deeper reef slopes, feeding in the open water above the bottom.