Scientific Name	Pterocaesio chrysozona   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Cuvier, 1830)	Depth	2 - 30M
Chinese	金帶鱗鰭烏尾鮗	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	烏尾鮗科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F371　Caesionidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	金帶鱗鰭梅鯛(金帶梅鯛)
Max Length	20 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	烏尾冬仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pan_Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Indonesia
Synonyms	Caesio chrysozoma, Caesio chrysozona, Caesio chrysozonus, Pristipomoides aurolineatus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Cuvier, G. etc. 1830 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	FRIP00152. FRIP00153. FRIP01312. NMMBP05042. NMMBP05043. NMMBP05418. NTMP0108. NTMP1113. NTUM01151. NTUM01153. NTUM02275. NTUM06146. NTUM06147. NTUM06823. NTUM06907. NTUM06940. NTUM08243. NTUM08614. ROM72018. SU7918.
Common Name	Gold-band fusilier; Goldband fusilier; Gold band fusilier
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body fusiform, elongate, and moderately compressed. Two postmaxillary processes; small conical teeth in jaws, vomer, and palatines. Dorsal fin with X (rarely XI) spines and 15 (rarely 14 or 16) soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 12 (rarely 11 or 13) soft rays; pectoral fins with 17 to 20 (most frequently 19) rays. Scales in lateral line usually 64 to 69; upper peduncular scales usually 11, lower peduncular scales usually 15; scales above lateral line to origin of dorsal fin 7 to 9; scales below lateral line to origin of anal fin usually 14 to 16; usually 4 scale rows on cheek; predorsal scales usually 23 to 26; dorsal and anal fins scaly, the dorsal fin with about 1/2 of its greatest spinous height covered with scales. Upper body light blue to brownish, lower body white to pinkish; a bright yellow band directly below lateral line for most of its length, from behind eye to base of caudal fin, 2 to 3 scales wide anteriorly, tapering to 1 scale in width on caudal peduncle where it is above lateral line; a less conspicuous yellow stripe along dorsal midline; fins white to pinkish; axil of pectoral fins black; dorsal fin slightly dusky distally; tips of caudal-fin lobes black.
habitats	Ranges widely around coral reefs. Found in schools. Feeds on zooplankton in large midwater aggregations. Also caught by drive-in nets.
Distribution	Widespread Indo-West Pacific from Red Sea and East Africa to eastern Australia. Widely around coral reefs in Taiwan.
Utility	Moderately important as a food fish in some areas. Valuable tuna baitfish in some areas.