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Coris batuensis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Labridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Genus
  
Coris

Similar
  
Coris caudimacula, Barred thicklip, Halichoeres scapularis, Red‑breasted wrasse, Stethojulis

Coris batuensis (Batu coris or Batu rainbow-wrasse), is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean from the African coast to the Marshall Islands and from southern Japan to Australia's Great Barrier Reef and Tonga. This species is an inhabitant of coral reefs and surrounding areas at depths from 2 to 30 m (6.6 to 98.4 ft), though it is rarer deeper than 15 m (49 ft). It can reach 17 cm (6.7 in) in total length. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can also be found in the aquarium trade.

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Coris batuensis Wikipedia


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