lunar fusilier
Caesio lunaris Cuvier, 1830
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Lunar fusilier (Caesio lunaris). Raja Ampat
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Open encyclopedia reference
The lunar fusilier (Caesio lunaris), also known as the blue fusilier or moon fusilier, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a fusilier belonging to the family Caesionidae. It is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific area.
Wikipedia contributors, Lunar fusilier; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:12:44.347743+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Caesio lunaris Cuvier, 1830
- Name authority
- Cuvier, 1830
- Common name
- lunar fusilier
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Caesionidae
- Genus
- Caesio
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyCaesionidae Bonaparte, 1831
- genusCaesio Lacepède, 1801
- speciesCaesio lunaris Cuvier, 1830
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Caesio. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| variable-lined fusilierCaesio varilineata Carpenter, 1987 | CaesionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caesio cuning (Bloch, 1791) | CaesionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blue and gold fusilierCaesio caerulaurea Lacepède, 1801 | CaesionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caesio idreesi Kar, Mariyambi, Raghavan & Sureshkumar, 2023 | CaesionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caesio striata Rüppell, 1830 | CaesionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caesio suevica Klunzinger, 1884 | CaesionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellowback fusilierCaesio xanthonota Bleeker, 1853 | CaesionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caesio xanthalytos Holleman, Connell & Carpenter, 2013 | CaesionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellow and blueback fusilierCaesio teres Seale, 1906 | CaesionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Caesio lunares Cuvier, 1830 Cuvier, 1830 | synonym |
| Pterocaesio lunaris (Cuvier, 1830) (Cuvier, 1830) | synonym |
| Caesio lunare Cuvier, 1830 Cuvier, 1830 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Cuvier, G., & Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. Tome Sixième. Livre Sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides., v. 6: i–xxiv + 6 pp. + 1–559, Pls. 141–169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1–425, 493–559; Cuvier 426–491. i–xviii + 1–470 in Strasbourg ed.]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:696PX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.