Genus Coris Lacépède, 1801
- Coris Lacépède, B.G. 1801. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : chez Plassan Vol. 3 558 pp. 34 pls. [96].
Type species:
Coris aygula Lacépède, 1801 by subsequent designation, see Jordan, D.S. 1890. A review of the labroid fishes of America and Europe. Report of the United States Commission on Fish and Fisheries 15: 559-699 [dated 1887] [636].
Introduction
Randall (1999) revised the Indo-Pacific members of the genus Coris and included 26 valid species, 2 from the Atlantic and 24 from the Indo-Pacific. This classification was also followed by Parenti & Randall (2000). Kuiter's (2010) work on labrids recognised only 9 Coris species, placing the remaining species into one of three new genera (Allocoris, Corichoeres, Paracoris) and into the genus Hemicoris, which he removed from synonymy with Coris. This arrangement was based, at least in part, on the results of Barber & Bellwood (2005) which showed through the use of molecular techniques that Coris, and the closely related Halichoeres, were not monophyletic, and led them to conclude that both genera were in need of revision. The arrangement of Kuiter (2010) has not been widely accepted by other workers (e.g. Parenti & Randall 2011) and while we agree that the genus is in need of revision (employing both molecular and morphological techniques), we follow the revision of Randall (1999) until further work can be conducted to support Kuiter's (2010) arrangement.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
LABRIDAE: Coris variegata (Rüppell, 1835) [now considered to be a Red Sea endemic, Australian records based on Coris batuensis] — Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [313]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
East Atlantic-Indo-west-central Pacific.
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
General References
Barber, P.H. & Bellwood, P.R. 2005. Biodiversity hotspots: evolutionary origins of biodiversity in wrasses (Halichoeres: Labridae) in the Indo-Pacific and new world tropics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35: 235-253
Parenti, P. & Randall, J.E. 2000. An annotated checklist of the species of the labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 68: 1-97
Parenti, P. & Randall, J.E. 2011. Checklist of the species of the families Labridae and Scaridae: an update. Smithiana, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin 13: 29-44
Randall, J.E. 1999. Revision of the Indo-Pacific labrid fishes of the genus Coris, with descriptions of five new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 29: 1-74 pls 1-7 pls 1-22 [1]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2024 | LABRIDAE | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Matthew Lockett (ABRS) |
| 13-Apr-2023 | LABRIDAE | 12-Jan-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 27-Jul-2017 | LABROIDEI | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |