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Fusilier is a name given to various kinds of soldiers; ... [4] During the 18th century, as flintlocks became the main weapon used by infantry, the term fusilier ...
Caesionidae was named by the French zoologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1831. [1] The family takes its name from the genus Caesio which was named in 1801 by Bernard Germain de Lacépède, the name derived from caesius meaning "blue", as the type species of Caesio is the blue and gold fusilier (Caesio caerulaurea). [2]
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.
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (often referred to as, "The Fusiliers") is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Queen's Division.Currently, the regiment has two battalions: the 1st Battalion, part of the Regular Army, is an armoured infantry battalion based in Tidworth, Wiltshire, and the 5th Battalion, part of the Army Reserve, recruits in the traditional fusilier recruiting ...
The yellowback fusilier is a small to medium-sized fish which grows to about 40 cm (16 in) long. [5] The mouth is small and terminal and is protusible, being able to be extended forward to swallow food.
Jean Thurel, or Jean Theurel (French pronunciation:; 6 September 1698 – 10 March 1807), [3] was a fusilier of the French Army and a centenarian with an extraordinarily long career that spanned over 75 years of service in the Touraine Regiment.
Caesio suevica, the Suez fusilier, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a fusilier belonging to the family Caesionidae. It is endemic to the Red Sea. Taxonomy
It lives in the open water close to reef and the external reefs. [4] This species was recently reported from the Mediterranean Sea off Alexandria, Egypt, a likely entry via the Suez Canal. [6] As there are no coral reefs in the Mediterranean these fusiliers have probably adapted to use rock reefs covered by Anthozoa. [7]