Coris (fish)
Coris is a genus of wrasses, collectively known as the rainbow wrasses, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.
| Coris | |
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| African Coris (C. gaimard) | |
Scientific 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] | |
Species
The 28 currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
C. atlantica
- Coris auricularis (Valenciennes, 1839 (western king wrasse)
C. auricularis
- Coris aurilineata J. E. Randall & Kuiter, 1982 (gold-lined coris)
C. aurilineata
- Coris aygula Lacépède, 1801 (clown coris)
- Coris ballieui Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875
C. ballieui
- Coris batuensis (Bleeker, 1856) (Batu coris)
- Coris bulbifrons J. E. Randall & Kuiter, 1982 (doubleheader)
C. bulbifrons
C. caudimacula
- Coris centralis J. E. Randall, 1999
- Coris cuvieri (E. T. Bennett, 1831)
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]
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yellowstripe morph and black stripe morph of C. flavovittota
- Coris formosa (J. W. Bennett, 1830) (queen coris)
- Coris gaimard (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (African coris)
- Coris hewetti J. E. Randall, 1999
- Coris julis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mediterranean rainbow wrasse)
- Coris latifasciata J. E. Randall, 2013
- Coris marquesensis J. E. Randall, 1999
- Coris musume (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1904)
- Coris nigrotaenia Mee & Hare, 1995 (blackbar coris)
- Coris picta (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (comb wrasse)
- Coris pictoides J. E. Randall & Kuiter, 1982 (blackstripe coris)
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
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Coris". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Coris in FishBase. August 2013 version.
- "Gulf Coris (Coris atlantica)". iNaturalist NZ. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
- 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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