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Genus of fishes
For other uses, see
Coris.
Coris
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African Coris (C. gaimard)
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Chordata
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Class:
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Actinopterygii
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Order:
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Labriformes
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Family:
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Labridae
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Genus:
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Coris
Lacépède, 1801
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Type species
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Coris aygula
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Synonyms
[2]
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- 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
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Coris is a
genus of
wrasses, collectively known as the rainbow wrasses, found in the
Atlantic,
Indian, and
Pacific Oceans.
Species
The 28 currently recognized species in this genus are:
[3]
yellowstripe morph and black stripe morph of C. flavovittota
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Coris formosa (
J. W. Bennett, 1830) (queen coris)
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Coris gaimard (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (African coris)
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Coris hewetti J. E. Randall, 1999
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Coris julis (
Linnaeus, 1758) (Mediterranean rainbow wrasse)
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Coris latifasciata J. E. Randall, 2013
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Coris marquesensis J. E. Randall, 1999
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Coris musume (
D. S. Jordan &
Snyder, 1904)
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Coris nigrotaenia
Mee &
Hare, 1995 (blackbar coris)
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Coris picta (
Bloch &
J. G. Schneider, 1801) (comb wrasse)
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Coris pictoides J. E. Randall & Kuiter, 1982 (blackstripe coris)
References
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Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.).
"Coris".
Catalog of Fishes.
California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
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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.
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^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013).
Species of Coris in
FishBase. August 2013 version.
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^ Adams, Jake (2022-01-03).
"Coris flava, a New Species of Large Wrasse from Réunion". Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog. Retrieved 2023-10-16.