page_title: Coris (fish)
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Coris (fish) / Species
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Une girelle africaine (Coris cuvieri) à la Réunion.
context_page_description: Coris is a genus of wrasses, collectively known as the rainbow wrasses, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.
context_section_description: The 27 currently recognized species in this genus are:
  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)
  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)
caption: A Coris cuvieri.
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