Where is the animal to be found?
- The redbelly yellowtail fusilier lives in an Indo-Pacific area stretching from Sri Lanka to Vanuatu and from southern Japan to northern Australia.
- A species associated with coastal areas, it lives in coral reefs but also evolves in the rocky and sandy habitats of mangroves.
How can it be recognised?
- The forked tail fin is typical of pelagic fish. It is yellow.
- The belly is pale or pink so that it cannot be seen from below by predators.
- The upper part of the body is blue-grey.
- It lives in schools.
What is distinctive about it?
The redbelly yellowtail fusilier is oviparous
Threats and protective measures
There are no specific conservation efforts for the redbelly yellowtail fusilier.
