Coris (fish)

Coris
African Coris (C. gaimard)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Labroidei
Family: Labridae
Genus: Coris
Type species
Coris aygula
Lacépède, 1801
Synonyms
  • Aygula Rafinesque, 1815
  • Ctenocorissa Whitley, 1931
  • Hemicoris Bleeker, 1862
  • Icthycallus Swainson, 1839
  • Julis G. Cuvier, 1814
  • Neanis Gistel, 1848
  • 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 27 currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]

A Coris cuvieri.
  • 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 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

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Coris in FishBase. August 2013 version.


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