Coris (fish)
Genus of fishes
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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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| Yellowtail coris (C. gaimard) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Subfamily: | Corinae |
| Genus: | Coris Lacépède, 1801 |
| Type species | |
| Coris aygula Lacépède, 1801[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Species
The 28 currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
| Species | Common name | Image |
|---|---|---|
| Coris atlantica
Günther, 1862 |
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| Coris auricularis
(Valenciennes, 1839) |
western king wrasse | .JPG) |
| Coris aurilineata
J. E. Randall & Kuiter, 1982 |
gold-lined coris |  |
| Coris aygula | clown coris | ,_mar_Rojo,_Egipto,_2023-04-14,_DD_46.jpg) |
| Coris ballieui | ||
| Coris batuensis
(Bleeker, 1856) |
Batu coris |  |
| Coris bulbifrons
J. E. Randall & Kuiter, 1982 |
doubleheader | .jpg) |
| Coris caudimacula | spottail coris | .jpg) |
| Coris centralis
J. E. Randall, 1999 |
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| Coris cuvieri
(E. T. Bennett, 1831) |
.jpg) | |
| Coris debueni
J. E. Randall, 1999 |
De Buen's coris | .jpg) |
| Coris dorsomacula
Fowler, 1908 |
pale-barred coris | .jpg) |
| Coris flavovittata
(E. T. Bennett, 1828) |
yellowstripe coris |  |
| Coris flava
Fricke & Durville, 2021 |
yellow coris | |
| Coris formosa
(J. W. Bennett, 1830) |
queen coris | .jpg) |
| Coris gaimard
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) |
yellowtail coris | _(cropped).jpg) |
| Coris hewetti
J. E. Randall, 1999 |
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| Coris julis
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
Mediterranean rainbow wrasse | .jpg) |
| Coris latifasciata
J. E. Randall, 2013 |
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| Coris marquesensis
J. E. Randall, 1999 |
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| Coris melanura | .jpg) | |
| Coris musume
(D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1904) |
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| Coris nigrotaenia
Mee & Hare, 1995 |
blackbar coris | |
| Coris picta
(Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) |
comb wrasse | .jpg) |
| Coris pictoides
J. E. Randall & Kuiter, 1982 |
blackstripe coris | .jpg) |
| Coris roseoviridis
J. E. Randall, 1999 |
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| Coris sandeyeri
(Hector, 1884) |
eastern king wrasse,
Sandager's wrasse |
.jpg) |
| Coris variegata
(Rüppell, 1835) |
dapple coris | .jpg) |
| Coris venusta
Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875 |
elegant coris |  |
