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Suez Fusilier

Caesio suevica
About the species

A Red Sea endemic fusilier, streamlined and blue-bodied with a yellow-and-black tail, forming fast-moving plankton-feeding schools in open water above reefs. Thousands flow past in glittering rivers, an important prey base for jacks and reef predators. Their constant motion brings life to drop-offs and channels.


Where to see it

31 sites in the catalogue.

Daedalus
East Side / Lighthouse Reef
HighYear-round
Dahab
Abu Talha
ModerateYear-round
Dahab
Ras Abu Helal
ModerateYear-round
Dahab
Umm Sid
ModerateYear-round
El Gouna
El Fanadir North
HighYear-round
El Gouna
Manta Point
HighYear-round
El Gouna
Shabroah Siyul (Blind Reef)
HighYear-round
El Gouna
Um Halhala
HighYear-round
El Quseir
Abu Humra (Shaab Abu Hamra)
HighYear-round
El Quseir
Serib Kebir (Zerib Kebir)
HighYear-round
Hamata
Gota Sataya
HighYear-round
Hamata
Sataya (Dolphin Reef)
HighYear-round
Hamata
Sataya Reef (Dolphin House)
HighYear-round
Hamata
Sha'ab Maksur
HighYear-round
Hurghada
Abu Ramada (North & South)
HighYear-round
Hurghada
Big Giftun (Erg Diana / Sha'ab Sabina)
HighYear-round
Hurghada
El Fanadir
HighYear-round
Marsa Alam
Marsa Shouna
HighYear-round
Marsa Alam
Sha'ab Marsa Alam
HighYear-round
Nuweiba
Bawaki
HighYear-round
Safaga
Abu Kafan
HighYear-round
Safaga
Middle Reef
HighYear-round
Safaga
Ras Abu Soma
HighYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Gordon Reef
HighYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Small Crack (Ras Mohammed)
HighYear-round
St John's
Gota Soraya
HighYear-round
St John's
Umm Aruk
HighYear-round
Strait of Gubal
Sha'ab Abu Nuhas (Reef)
HighYear-round
Strait of Gubal
Shadwan Island
HighYear-round
Taba
Angel's Net
HighYear-round
Taba
Ras Amira
HighYear-round

Sighting history
Verified sightings · last 12 months

0 sightings logged. Peak: Jan / Jun / Jul.

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