Coris (fish)

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

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:^[3]

• Günther, 1862
• (Valenciennes, 1839) (western king wrasse)
• J. E. Randall & Kuiter, 1982 (gold-lined coris)
• Coris aygula Lacépède, 1801 (clown coris)
• Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875
• Coris batuensis (Bleeker, 1856) (Batu coris)
• J. E. Randall & Kuiter, 1982 (doubleheader)
• (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (spottail coris)
• J. E. Randall, 1999
• Coris cuvieri (E. T. Bennett, 1831)

A Coris cuvieri.

• J. E. Randall, 1999 (De Buen's coris)
• Fowler, 1908 (pale-barred coris)
• (E. T. Bennett, 1828) (yellowstripe coris)
• Coris formosa (J. W. Bennett, 1830) (queen coris)
• Coris gaimard (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (African coris)
• J. E. Randall, 1999
• Coris julis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mediterranean rainbow wrasse)
• J. E. Randall, 2013
• J. E. Randall, 1999
• (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1904)
• & , 1995 (blackbar coris)
• Coris picta (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (comb wrasse)
• J. E. Randall & Kuiter, 1982 (blackstripe coris)
• J. E. Randall, 1999
• Coris sandeyeri (Hector, 1884) (Sandager's wrasse)
• (Rüppell, 1835) (dapple coris)
• Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875 (elegant coris)

References[]

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