Coris (fish)

Coris is a genus of wrasses, collectively known as the rainbow wrasses, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.

Coris
African Coris (C. gaimard)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Coris
Lacépède, 1801
Type species
Coris aygula
Lacépède, 1801[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Allocoris Kuiter, 2010
  • Aygula Rafinesque, 1815
  • Corichoeres Kuiter, 2010
  • Ctenocorissa Whitley, 1931
  • Hemicoris Bleeker, 1862
  • Icthycallus Swainson, 1839
  • Julis Cuvier, 1814
  • Neanis Gistel, 1848
  • Paracoris Kuiter, 2010
  • Tiricoris Whitley, 1955

Species

The 28 currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]

C. atlantica
C. auricularis
C. aurilineata
C. ballieui
C. bulbifrons
  • Coris caudimacula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (spottail coris)
C. caudimacula
A Coris cuvieri.
  • Coris debueni J. E. Randall, 1999 (De Buen's coris)
C. debueni
  • Coris dorsomacula Fowler, 1908 (pale-barred coris)
C. dorsomacula
  • Coris flavovittata (E. T. Bennett, 1828) (yellowstripe coris)
  • Coris flava Fricke & Durville, 2021 (yellow coris)[5]
yellowstripe morph and black stripe morph of C. flavovittota
C. pictoides
  • Coris roseoviridis J. E. Randall, 1999
  • Coris sandeyeri (Hector, 1884) (Sandager's wrasse)
  • Coris variegata (Rüppell, 1835) (dapple coris)
  • Coris venusta Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875 (elegant coris)
C. venusta

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Coris". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Labridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Coris in FishBase. August 2013 version.
  4. "Gulf Coris (Coris atlantica)". iNaturalist NZ. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  5. Adams, Jake (2022-01-03). "Coris flava, a New Species of Large Wrasse from Réunion". Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog. Retrieved 2023-10-16.


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