Coris (fish)

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]

Coris atlantica Günther, 1862

C. atlantica

Coris auricularis (Valenciennes, 1839 (western king wrasse)

C. auricularis

Coris aurilineata J. E. Randall & Kuiter, 1982 (gold-lined coris)

C. aurilineata

Coris aygula Lacépède, 1801 (clown coris)
Coris ballieui Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875

C. ballieui

Coris batuensis (Bleeker, 1856) (Batu coris)
Coris bulbifrons J. E. Randall & Kuiter, 1982 (doubleheader)

C. bulbifrons

Coris caudimacula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (spottail coris)

C. caudimacula

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)

C. debueni

Coris dorsomacula Fowler, 1908 (pale-barred coris)

C. dorsomacula

Coris flavovittata (E. T. Bennett, 1828) (yellowstripe coris)
Coris flava Fricke & Durville, 2021 (yellow coris)^[4]

yellowstripe morph and black stripe morph of C. flavovittota

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)

C. pictoides

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)

C. venusta

References

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