Coris batuensis

Coris batuensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Coris
Species: C. batuensis
Binomial name
Coris batuensis
(Bleeker, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Julis batuensis Bleeker, 1856
  • Hemicoris batuensis (Bleeker, 1856)
  • Julis schroederii Bleeker, 1858
  • Coris schroederi (Bleeker, 1858)
  • Coris pallida J. W. Macleay, 1881
  • Coris papuensis J. W. Macleay, 1883
  • Coris coronata De Vis, 1885
  • Platyglossus punctatus De Vis, 1885

Coris batuensis (Batu coris or Batu rainbow-wrasse), is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean from the African coast to the Marshall Islands and from southern Japan to Australia's Great Barrier Reef and Tonga. This species is an inhabitant of coral reefs and surrounding areas at depths from 2 to 30 m (6.6 to 98.4 ft), though it is rarer deeper than 15 m (49 ft). It can reach 17 cm (6.7 in) in total length. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Craig, M. & Yeeting, B. 2010. Coris batuensis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.>. Downloaded on 15 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Coris batuensis" in FishBase. August 2013 version.


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