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title: "Yellowtail Fusilier"
description: "Caesio cuning — Fish. Caesio cuning, the redbelly yellowtail fusilier, yellowtail fusilier, red-bellied fusilier or robust fusilier, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a fusilier belonging to the family Caesionidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/yellowtail-fusilier
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellowtail Fusilier

> Caesio cuning — Fish. Caesio cuning, the redbelly yellowtail fusilier, yellowtail fusilier, red-bellied fusilier or robust fusilier, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a fusilier belonging to the family Caesionidae.

- Scientific name: *Caesio cuning*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 1683
- Wikidata: [Q2612847](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2612847)
- iNaturalist taxon: [135225](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/135225)

## Names

- en: Yellowtail Fusilier
- de: Hochrücken-Füsilier
- es: Fusilero robusto de cola amarilla
- fr: Fusilier à ventre rouge

## Countries with the most observations

AU (299), ID (195), PW (57), MY (49), TH (46), PH (40), NC (28), SB (24), PG (21), SG (15), IN (7), LK (5)

## Summary

Caesio cuning, the redbelly yellowtail fusilier, yellowtail fusilier, red-bellied fusilier or robust fusilier, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a fusilier belonging to the family Caesionidae. It is native to the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesio_cuning

## Photo

![Yellowtail Fusilier](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellowtail-fusilier/medium.jpg)

Photo: Olly Morgan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201014522

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellowtail-fusilier?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).