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Coris (fish)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Suborder
  
Labroidei

Scientific name
  
Coris

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Family
  
Labridae

Higher classification
  
Wrasse

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Lower classifications
  
Mediterranean rainbow wrasse, Coris gaimard, Clown coris, Queen coris, Combfish

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

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Species

The 27 currently recognized species in this genus are:

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  • 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)

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  • 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)

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    References

    Coris (fish) Wikipedia
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