WoRMS taxon details

Coris aygula Lacepède, 1801

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218957  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218957)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34. [details]   
Description Lives in the vicinity of sand or rubble patches of exposed outer reef flats, lagoon reefs, and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602)....  
Description Lives in the vicinity of sand or rubble patches of exposed outer reef flats, lagoon reefs, and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602). Juveniles are common in shallow coral reefs and lagoons. Solitary when adults. Feeds mainly on hard-shelled invertebrates including crustaceans, molluscs and sea urchins (Ref. 9823). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Coris aygula Lacepède, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218957 on 2023-05-29
Date
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1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
1998-06-17 06:27:10Z
changed
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34. [details]   

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

original description  (of Labrus cingulum Lacepède, 1801) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
page(s): 448, 517, Pl. 28 (fig. 1) [details]   

original description  (of Julis ruppelii Bennett, 1831) Bennett, E. T. (1831). The exhibition of the collection of fishes formed at the Mauritius by Mr. Telfair, ... from among them ... the following species ... believed to have been previously undescribed. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1830-31 (pt 1): 126-128. [details]   

original description  (of Coris angulata Lacepède, 1801) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
page(s): 96, 99, Pl. 4 (fig. 2) [details]   

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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Lives in the vicinity of sand or rubble patches of exposed outer reef flats, lagoon reefs, and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602). Juveniles are common in shallow coral reefs and lagoons. Solitary when adults. Feeds mainly on hard-shelled invertebrates including crustaceans, molluscs and sea urchins (Ref. 9823). [details]
LanguageName 
English dapple coris [from synonym]clown wrasse  [details]
Japanese カンムリベラ  [details]
Coris angulata
 Coris angulata
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