see text Caesioninae Caesionidae, the fusiliers, are a family of marine ray-finned fishes in the order Perciformes.

[4] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World, however, retains it as a separate family while acknowledging the close relationship to the snappers but states that more morphological and molecular studies are required to ascertain its true status.

A line drawn along the body from the snout to the centre of the tail would pass through the eye.

[6] Fusiliers are mainly fishes of coral reefs and occur from close to the surface down as far as 60 m (200 ft).

[7] Fusiliers are diurnal, they spend the day feeding in large aggregations in middle of the water column over reefs, along steep outer reef slopes and around pinnacles in deep water in lagoons.

They are active swimmers but often pause to feeds or to visit the stations of cleaner fish.