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Coris gaimard (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) 
AphiaID: 218960

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Corinae (Subfamily) > Coris (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Coris Lacepède (ec Commerson), 1801
Synonymised
taxa
  Coris gaimard gaimard (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Coris gaimard speciosa (Fowler, 1946)
Coris gaimardi (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (misspelling)
Coris greenoughii Günther, 1861
Coris greenovii (Bennett, 1828)
Coris pulcherrima Günther, 1862
Julis gaimard Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Julis gaimard speciosa Fowler, 1946
Julis ganymede Bennett, 1830
Julis greenovii Bennett, 1828
Julis leucorhynchos Bleeker, 1856
Sources  basis of record: Smith, J.L.B. (1956). The fishes of Aldabra. Part VI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist 12 (9): 817-829 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

from synonym: Randall, J.E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. Immel Publishing. [details] [view taxon]

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Subspecies Coris gaimard africana Smith, 1957 accepted as Coris cuvieri (Bennett, 1831)
Subspecies Coris gaimard gaimard (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) accepted as Coris gaimard (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Subspecies Coris gaimard speciosa (Fowler, 1946) accepted as Coris gaimard (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (41 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Feeds mainly on molluscs, crabs and hermit crabs <307>. [details]

Publication date: Date of authority given as 1824 in Randall<307>. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218960
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-06-03 15:01:39Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-06-17 06:27:10Z  changed  Fondo, Esther
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Coris gaimard (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218960 on 2013-05-24
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