Coris (fish)

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

Coris
African Coris (C. gaimard)
Scientific classification
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

Species

The 27 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)

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. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Coris". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
2. 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.
3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Coris in FishBase. August 2013 version.