Biology:Coris (fish)

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Short description: Genus of fishes


Coris
Coris gaimard real.jpg
African Coris (C. gaimard)
Scientific classification e
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

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

Species

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

  • Coris atlantica Günther, 1862
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
  • Coris caudimacula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (spottail coris)
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)[4]
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

Wikidata ☰ Q133340 entry