Coris (fish)
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| Coris | |
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| African Coris (C. gaimard) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Coris Lacépède, 1801 |
| Type species | |
| Coris aygula Lacépède, 1801[1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Coris is a genus of wrasses, collectively known as the rainbow wrasses, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.
Species
[edit]The 28 currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
- Coris atlantica Günther, 1862
- Coris auricularis (Valenciennes, 1839 (western king wrasse)
- Coris aurilineata J. E. Randall & Kuiter, 1982 (gold-lined coris)
- Coris aygula Lacépède, 1801 (clown coris)
- Coris ballieui Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875
- Coris batuensis (Bleeker, 1856) (Batu coris)
- Coris bulbifrons J. E. Randall & Kuiter, 1982 (doubleheader)
- Coris caudimacula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (spottail coris)
- Coris centralis J. E. Randall, 1999
- Coris cuvieri (E. T. Bennett, 1831)
- Coris debueni J. E. Randall, 1999 (De Buen's coris)
- Coris dorsomacula Fowler, 1908 (pale-barred coris)
- Coris flavovittata (E. T. Bennett, 1828) (yellowstripe coris)
- Coris flava Fricke & Durville, 2021 (yellow coris)[4]
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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)
- 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)
References
[edit]- ^ 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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Coris". FishBase. August 2013 version.
- ^ 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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