DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ZOOGEOGRAPHY

ECOLOGY

BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR

VALUE OF FISH RESOURCES

CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT

DANGEROUS MARINE FISHES

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

BIBLIOGRAPHY

SPECIES INDEX

CHAMORRO NAMES

CAESIONIDAE (FUSILIERS)

Caesio teres Seale
(Yellow-back Caesio; Bonita)
SL: to 30 cm (photo: 10 cm SL, Saipan, 18 m)

This large fusilier is common in atoll lagoons in the Marshall Islands but is relatively uncommon on seaward reefs in the Mariana Islands.  Juveniles occur singly or in small groups; adults are usually in large roving schools at depths of 4 to over 30 m.

INDO-PACIFIC: E. Africa to the Societies and the Line Is., n. to s. Japan.