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Coris Lacépède, 1801
Taxonomic Serial No.: 170665

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Julis Cuvier, 1814
		Aygula Rafinesque, 1815
		Ctenocorissa Whitley, 1931
		Ichtycallus Swainson, 1839
		Neanis Gistel, 1848
		Hemicoris Bleeker, 1862
		Tiricoris Whitley, 1955
	Common Name(s):	rainbow wrasses [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2002

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Actinopterygii – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées
	Class	Teleostei
	Superorder	Acanthopterygii
	Order	Perciformes – perch-like fishes
	Suborder	Labroidei – parrotfishes, rainbowfishes, wrasses, labres, poissons-perroquets
	Family	Labridae Cuvier, 1816 – rainbowfishes, wrasses, labres, labridés, doncellas y señoritas
	Genus	Coris Lacépède, 1801 – rainbow wrasses
		Direct Children:
	Species	Coris atlantica Günther, 1862
	Species	Coris auricularis (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1839)
	Species	Coris aurilineata Randall and Kuiter, 1982
	Species	Coris aygula Lacépède, 1801 – redthroated rainbowfish
	Species	Coris ballieui Vaillant and Sauvage, 1875 – pink wrasse
	Species	Coris batuensis (Bleeker, 1856-57)
	Species	Coris bulbifrons Randall and Kuiter, 1982
	Species	Coris caudimacula (Quoy and Gaimard, 1834)
	Species	Coris centralis Randall, 1999
	Species	Coris cuvieri (Bennett, 1831)
	Species	Coris debueni Randall, 1999
	Species	Coris dorsomacula Fowler, 1908
	Species	Coris flavovittata (Bennett, 1828)
	Species	Coris formosa (Bennett, 1830)
	Species	Coris gaimard (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824)
	Species	Coris hewetti Randall, 1999
	Species	Coris julis (Linnaeus, 1758) – rainbow wrasse
	Species	Coris marquesensis Randall, 1999
	Species	Coris musume (Jordan and Snyder, 1904)
	Species	Coris nigrotaenia Mee and Hare, 1995
	Species	Coris picta (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
	Species	Coris pictoides Randall and Kuiter, 1982
	Species	Coris roseoviridis Randall, 1999
	Species	Coris sandeyeri (Hector, 1884)
	Species	Coris schroederii (Bleeker, 1858)
	Species	Coris variegata (Rüppell, 1835)
	Species	Coris venusta Vaillant and Sauvage, 1875

References


	Expert(s):
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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Catalog of Fishes, 21-May-2001, website (version Feb-2000)
	Acquired:	2001
	Notes:	http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
	Reference for:	Coris

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Coris

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N., ed.
	Publication Date:	1998
	Article/Chapter Title:	Catalog of Fishes
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3
	Page(s):	2905
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, California, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-47-5
	Notes:	Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932
	Reference for:	Coris

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Parenti, Paola, and John E. Randall
	Publication Date:	2000
	Article/Chapter Title:	An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, no. 68
	Page(s):	97
	Publisher:	J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
	Publication Place:	Rhodes Univ., Grahamstown, South Africa
	ISBN/ISSN:	0073-4381
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Coris

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Shiino, Sueo M.
	Publication Date:	1976
	Article/Chapter Title:	List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4
	Page(s):	262
	Publisher:	Shima Marineland
	Publication Place:	Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan
	ISBN/ISSN:	0385-1109
	Notes:
	Reference for:	rainbow wrasses[English]

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