African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Coris gaimard (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

(of Julis gaimard Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M. 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]

Descriptive notes

Description Feeds mainly on molluscs, crabs and hermit crabs <307>.

Description Feeds mainly on molluscs, crabs and hermit crabs <307>. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Coris gaimard (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218960 on 2025-05-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-06-03 15:01:39Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

1998-06-17 06:27:10Z

changed

Fondo, Esther

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Julis greenovii Bennett, 1828) Bennett, E. T. (1828). Observations on the fishes contained in the collection of the Zoological Society. On some fishes from the Sandwich Islands. Zoological Journal, London. v. 4 (no. 13, art. 3): 31-42. [details]

original description (of Coris pulcherrima Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London. 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]

original description (of Julis gaimard Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M. 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]

original description (of Julis ganymede Bennett, 1830) Bennett, J. W. (1828-30). A selection from the most remarkable and interesting fishes found on the coast of Ceylon. London. First Edition. i--viii + 30 unnumbered pp., Pls. 1-30. [details]

original description (of Julis leucorhynchos Bleeker, 1856) Bleeker, P. (1856). Beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Manado en Makassar, grootendeels verzameld op eene reis naar den Molukschen Archipel in het gevolg van den Gouverneur Generaal Duymaer van Twist. Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae. v. 1 (6): 1-80. [details]

original description (of Julis gaimard speciosa Fowler, 1946) Fowler, H. W. (1946). A collection of fishes obtained in the Riu Kiu Islands by Captain Ernest R. Tinkham, A.U.S. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 98: 123-218. [details]

basis of record Smith, J.L.B. (1956). The fishes of Aldabra. Part VI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist 12 (9): 817-829 [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. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

Other

context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. AFCD. , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [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]