Coris (fish)

Coris
African Coris (C. gaimard)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Coris
Lacépède, 1801
Type species
Coris aygula
Lacépède, 1801[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • 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

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

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Coris". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  2. ^ 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.