---
title: "Goudstreepfuselier"
description: "Caesio caerulaurea — Vissen. Caesio caerulaurea, the blue and gold fusilier (not to be confused with Caesio teres), blue fusilier, gold-band fusilier or scissor-tailed fusilier, is a species of marine fish in the family Caesionidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/scissor-tailed-fusilier
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Goudstreepfuselier

> Caesio caerulaurea — Vissen. Caesio caerulaurea, the blue and gold fusilier (not to be confused with Caesio teres), blue fusilier, gold-band fusilier or scissor-tailed fusilier, is a species of marine fish in the family Caesionidae.

- Scientific name: *Caesio caerulaurea*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1905
- Wikidata: [Q1835588](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1835588)
- iNaturalist taxon: [96400](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/96400)

## Names

- en: Scissor-tailed Fusilier
- de: Gelbstreifen-Füsilier
- es: Fusilero azul de bandas doradas
- fr: Fusilier azur
- nl: Goudstreepfuselier

## Countries with the most observations

ID (328), AU (175), FJ (153), PH (111), NC (108), TH (61), MY (45), HK (23), TW (21), TO (17), MV (15), PW (14)

## Summary

Caesio caerulaurea, the blue and gold fusilier (not to be confused with Caesio teres), blue fusilier, gold-band fusilier or scissor-tailed fusilier, is a species of marine fish in the family Caesionidae. It is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific area, including the Red Sea.

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

## Photo

![Goudstreepfuselier](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/scissor-tailed-fusilier/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191580321

## Machine access

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