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{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Caesio cuning (Bloch, 1791).jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Carpenter, K.E. |author2=Russell, B. |author3=Myers, R. |date=2016 |title=''Caesio cuning'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T20249232A65926995 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20249232A65926995.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref>
| taxon = Caesio cuning
| authority = ([[Marcus Elieser Bloch|Bloch]], 1791)
| synonyms = * ''Sparus cuning'' Bloch, 1791
* ''Cichla cuning'' (Bloch, 1791)
* ''Caesio erythrogaster'' [[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]], 1830
* ''Caesio erythrochilurus'' [[Henry Weed Fowler|Fowler]], 1904
| synonyms_ref = <ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase|Caesio|cuning|month=February|year=2021}}</ref>
}}

'''''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 (taxonomy)|family]] [[Caesionidae]]. It is native to the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.

==Taxonomy==
''Caesio cuning'' was first formally [[Species description|described]] in 1791 as ''Sparus cuning'' by the [[German people|German]] [[zoologist]] [[Marcus Elieser Bloch]] with the [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] given as Indonesia.<ref name = CofF>{{Cof genus | genus = Caesio | access-date = 5 July 2021}}</ref> This species has been placed in the [[subgenus]] ''Odontonectes''.<ref name = Carpenter>{{cite book | author = Kent E. Carpenter | year = 1988 | title = FAO Species Catalogue Volume 8 Fusilier Fishes of the World | publisher = FAO Rome | pages = 42–44 | url = http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/255670.pdf}}</ref> The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]] ''cuning'' is derived from the local Indonesian name ''ikan Tembra Cuning'', ''ikan'' means "fish".<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = https://etyfish.org/lutjaniformes/ | title = Order LUTJANIFORMES: Families HAEMULIDAE and LUTJANIDAE | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | editor1 = Christopher Scharpf | editor2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | date = 5 January 2021 | access-date = 5 July 2021 | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | archive-date = 12 April 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210412135037/https://etyfish.org/lutjaniformes/ }}</ref>

==Description==
''Caesio cuning'' has a deep and laterally compressed body. The jaws, vomer, and palatines have small conical teeth.<ref name = FAO>{{cite book | editor1 = Carpenter, K.E. | editor2 = Volker H. Neim | name-list-style = amp | year = 2001 | title = The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific Volume 5: Bony fishes part 3 (Menidae to Pomacentridae) | series = FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes | publisher = FAO Rome | author = K.E. Carpenter | chapter = Caesionidae | page = 2927 | url = http://www.fao.org/3/y0770e/y0770e16.pdf}}</ref> The [[Dorsal fin|dorsal]] and [[anal fin]]s have scales; the dorsal fin has 10 spines and 14 to 16, typically 15, soft rays while the anal fin contains 3 spines and 10 to 12, usually 11, soft rays. The [[pectoral fin]]s have 17 to 20 fin rays, normally 18 or 19.<ref name = Carpenter/> This species attains a maximum total length of {{cvt|60|cm}}.<ref name = Fishbase/> The rear of the back, the [[caudal fin]] and the dorsal surface of the [[caudal peduncle]] are yellow. The rest of the upper body is greyish blue. The lower flanks and abdomen are white or pinkish. The pectoral, [[pelvic fin|pelvic]], and anal fins are white to pink. The pectoral fin has black on its axil and on the upper part of its base. The dorsal fin is greyish-blue at the front and yellow at the rear.<ref name = Carpenter/>

==Distribution and habitat==
''Caesio cuning'' has an Indo-West Pacific range. It ranges from Sri Lanka and southern India east to Fiji, north to southern Japan and south to northern Australia. It occurs at depths between {{cvt|1 and 60|m}}.<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" /> It often occurs in silty areas where visibility is poor, otherwise it is found in coastal waters, typically above rocky and coral reefs.<ref name = Fishbase/>

==Biology==
''Caesio cuning'' gathers in midwater schools<ref name = Fishbase/> where they feed on [[zooplankton]] such as [[salps]], [[doliolid]]s, [[pteropod]]s, [[heteropod]]s, [[chaetognath]]s, among other zooplankton.<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" /> It is an oviparous species which lays large numbers of small, pelagic eggs.<ref name = Fishbase/>

==Fisheries==
''Caesio cuning'' is a moderately important target for coastal fisheries. It is common in fish markets in Indonesia and the Philippines. They are caught using [[drive-in net]]s, [[gill net]]s, [[Fish trap|traps]], [[Trawling|trawls]] and [[Handline fishing|handlines]]. The fish caught are normally sold as fresh fish but some of the catch is preserved as [[salted fish]]. The juveniles are caught to be used as bait by tuna fisheries.<ref name = Carpenter/> There have been population declines in some areas because of [[overfishing]] but in other areas populations are stable.<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" />

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Fish of Thailand]]
[[Category:Fish of the Pacific Ocean]]
[[Category:Fish of the Indian Ocean]]
[[Category:Caesio|cuning]]
[[Category:Fish described in 1791]]

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GeorgiannaMoberg at 09:33, 21 May 2026