WoRMS taxon details

Coris julis (Linnaeus, 1758)

126963  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126963)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Eupercaria incertae sedis (Order)
  11. Labridae (Family)
  12. Coris (Genus)
  13. Coris julis (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Labrus julis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Coris julis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126963 on 2025-09-11
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Labrus paroticus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Labrus giofredi Risso, 1810) Risso, A. (1810). Ichthyologie de Nice, ou histoire naturelle des poissons du Département des Alpes Maritimes. <em>F. Schoell, Paris.</em> i-xxxvi + 1-388, Pls. 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7052
page(s): 228, Pl. 9 (fig. 23) [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Labrus julis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Julis vulgaris Fleming, 1828) Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 210 [details] 

original description (of Labrus perdica Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 34, xi [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Labrus infuscus Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 249 [details] 

original description (of Labrus keslik Lacepède, 1801) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
page(s): 453, 523 [details] 

original description (of Labrus subfuscus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 259 [details] 

original description (of Labrus cettii Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci sicilian. Messina. Pp 1-70, Pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6340395
page(s): 23, 54 [details] 

original description (of Julis vulgaris Valenciennes, 1839) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1839). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome treizième. Livre seizième. Des Labroïdes. v. 13, pp i-xix + 1-505 + 1 p., Pls. 369-388. [details] 

original description (of Julis giofredi Risso, 1827) Risso, A. (1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale, et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes maritimes. F. G. Levrault, Paris & Strasbourg. v. 3: i-xvi + 1-480, Pls. 1-16. [Fishes in vol. 3 of 5. Published in 1827, not 1826; see Forest 1958:474]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39347500#page/9/mode/1up [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details] 

context source (WoRCS) Kovačić, M.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Patzner, R. A. (2024). Fishes in Marine Caves. <em>Fishes.</em> 9(6): 243., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/9/6/243 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 284 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 284 [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

additional source Ramírez-Amaro, S.; Ordines, F.; Fricke, R.; Ruiz-Jarabo, I.; Bolado, I.; Massutí, E. (2021). Genetic and Morphological Evidence to Split the Coris julis Species Complex (Teleostei: Labridae) Into Two Sibling Species: Resurrection of Coris melanura (Lowe, 1839) Redescription of Coris julis (Linnaeus, 1758). <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 8., available online at https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.744639/full [details] 

additional source Digenis, M.; Ragkousis, M.; Dimitriadis, C.; Katsanevakis, S.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2025). Assessing the Motile Fauna of Eastern Mediterranean Marine Caves. <em>Fishes.</em> 10(8): 383., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10080383 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

LanguageName 
Albanian peshk bari brezylbertë  [details]
Basque dontzeila  [details]
Catalan juliolaguiuladonzella  [details]
Croatian knez  [details]
Czech kněžík duhový  [details]
Danish junkergylte  [details]
Dutch regenbooglipvisgirelle  [details]
English rainbow wrasseMediterranean rainbow wrasse  [details]
French girelle  [details]
Galician xulia  [details]
German Meerjunker  [details]
Hebrew יולית ים-תיכונית  [details]
Italian donzella  [details]
Maltese gharusa  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Γύλος  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål junkergylt  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk junkergylt  [details]
Polish korys doncela  [details]
Portuguese peixe-rei  [details]
Russian Морской юнкер  [details]
Serbian knez du guja  [details]
Spanish juliadoncella  [details]
Swedish junkergirella  [details]
Turkish gelin baligi  [details]
Ukrainian Морський юнкер  [details]
Welsh gwrachen seithliw  [details]
To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Labrus keslik Lacepède, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Labrus cettii Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (123 publications) (from synonym Julis vulgaris Valenciennes, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (123 publications) (from synonym Julis vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (133 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Julis julis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Julis mediterranea Risso, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Julis speciosa Risso, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Labrus giofredi Risso, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Labrus subfuscus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications) (from synonym Labrus julis Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Labrus perdica Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Labrus paroticus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Coris speciosa (Risso, 1827))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coris julis) 
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus giofredi Risso, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Coris festiva (Valenciennes, 1839))
To FishBase (from synonym Coris speciosa (Risso, 1827))
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus julis Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Julis julis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus paroticus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Julis speciosa Risso, 1827)
To FishBase (from synonym Julis mediterranea Risso, 1827)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus infuscus Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus keslik Lacepède, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus subfuscus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Julis vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus perdica Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus cettii Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Julis vulgaris Valenciennes, 1839)
To Fishipedia 
To GenBank (151 nucleotides; 35 proteins) 
To GenBank (151 nucleotides; 35 proteins) (from synonym Labrus julis Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coris julis RAD107315-001) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coris julis RAD107315-002) 
To PESI 
To ITIS
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