WoRMS taxon details
Coris caudimacula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
218959 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218959)
accepted
Species
Coris multicolor (Rüppell, 1835) · unaccepted
Halichoeres multicolor Rüppell, 1835 · unaccepted
Julis caudimacula Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Julis caudimacula Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1834). Poissons. <em>In: Voyage de découvertes de "l'Astrolabe," exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-29, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Paris. Zoologie.</em> Vol. 3 (Pt 2): 645-720, pls 1-4, 7, 10-12, 14-15, 19-20 [Plates in Atlas Zoologie (v. 1). pl. 5 mentioned in the text but not included in the Atlas]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Coris caudimacula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218959 on 2026-08-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Julis caudimacula Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1834). Poissons. <em>In: Voyage de découvertes de "l'Astrolabe," exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-29, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Paris. Zoologie.</em> Vol. 3 (Pt 2): 645-720, pls 1-4, 7, 10-12, 14-15, 19-20 [Plates in Atlas Zoologie (v. 1). pl. 5 mentioned in the text but not included in the Atlas]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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] 
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | spottail coris | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Julis caudimacula Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Coris multicolor (Rüppell, 1835))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Halichoeres multicolor Rüppell, 1835)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Spottail Coris (center))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coris caudimacula)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Julis caudimacula Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To FishBase (from synonym Halichoeres multicolor Rüppell, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Coris multicolor (Rüppell, 1835))
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 34 proteins) (from synonym Julis caudimacula Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coris caudimacula FIN029639 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coris caudimacula FIN029643 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Julis caudimacula Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Coris multicolor (Rüppell, 1835))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Halichoeres multicolor Rüppell, 1835)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Spottail Coris (center))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coris caudimacula)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Julis caudimacula Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To FishBase (from synonym Halichoeres multicolor Rüppell, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Coris multicolor (Rüppell, 1835))
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 34 proteins) (from synonym Julis caudimacula Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coris caudimacula FIN029639 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coris caudimacula FIN029643 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
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