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Rainbow Wrasses
Coris
Coris is a genus of wrasses, collectively known as the rainbow wrasses, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.
30 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 30 known species

Mediterranean Rainbow Wrasse
speciesCoris julis

Yellowtail Coris
speciesCoris gaimard

Clown Coris
speciesCoris aygula

Schroeder's Rainbow Wrasse
speciesCoris schroederii

Western King Wrasse
speciesCoris auricularis

Atlantic rainbow wrasse
speciesCoris melanura
Comb Wrasse
speciesCoris picta

Eastern King Wrasse
speciesCoris sandeyeri

Queen Coris
speciesCoris formosa

Doubleheader
speciesCoris bulbifrons

Pale-barred Coris
speciesCoris dorsomacula

Spot-tail Wrasse
speciesCoris caudimacula

African Coris
speciesCoris cuvieri

Elegant Coris
speciesCoris venusta

Blackstripe Coris
speciesCoris flavovittata

Batu Coris
speciesCoris batuensis

Pixy Wrasse
speciesCoris pictoides

Gulf Coris
speciesCoris atlantica

Goldlined Wrasse
speciesCoris aurilineata

Dapple Coris
speciesCoris variegata

De Buen's Coris
speciesCoris debueni

Lined Coris
speciesCoris ballieui

Kiribati Coris
speciesCoris centralis

Marquesan coris
speciesCoris marquesensis

Hewett's Coris
speciesCoris hewetti

Chagos coris
speciesCoris latifasciata

Japanese Coris
speciesCoris musume

Blackbar Coris
speciesCoris nigrotaenia

Red-and-green Coris
speciesCoris roseoviridis

Yellow Coris
speciesCoris flava
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.62

Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.61

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.637

Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1111

Stirpium adversaria nova
Matthias de Lobel · 1571 · p.198

Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle
李時珍 · 1596 · p.56

History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.57

History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.57

History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.550

Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.61

Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.61

Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.63
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Coris in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 50980.