WoRMS taxon details
Coris cuvieri (Bennett, 1831)
218961 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218961)
accepted
Species
Coris africana Smith, 1957 · unaccepted
Coris gaimard africana Smith, 1957 · unaccepted (synonym)
Julis cuvieri Bennett, 1831 · unaccepted
Julis stellatus Valenciennes, 1839 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Julis cuvieri 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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Coris cuvieri (Bennett, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218961 on 2025-03-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Julis cuvieri 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 Julis stellatus 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]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [details]
original description (of Julis stellatus 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]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [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
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Pathway/vector Other (Ornamental Trade) [details]Unreviewed
Remark Not in FishBase [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | African coris [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Julis stellatus Valenciennes, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Coris gaimard africana Smith, 1957)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Julis cuvieri Bennett, 1831)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coris cuvieri)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coris gaimard africana) (from synonym Coris gaimard africana Smith, 1957)
To FishBase (from synonym Julis cuvieri Bennett, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Julis stellatus Valenciennes, 1839)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Coris gaimard africana Smith, 1957)
To FishBase (from synonym Coris africana Smith, 1957)
To FishBase images (Coris cuvieri, Saudi Arabia, by Field, R.)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Coris africana Smith, 1957)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Coris gaimard africana Smith, 1957)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coris cuvieri FIN029648 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coris cuvieri FIN029649 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Julis stellatus Valenciennes, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Coris gaimard africana Smith, 1957)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Julis cuvieri Bennett, 1831)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coris cuvieri)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coris gaimard africana) (from synonym Coris gaimard africana Smith, 1957)
To FishBase (from synonym Julis cuvieri Bennett, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Julis stellatus Valenciennes, 1839)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Coris gaimard africana Smith, 1957)
To FishBase (from synonym Coris africana Smith, 1957)
To FishBase images (Coris cuvieri, Saudi Arabia, by Field, R.)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Coris africana Smith, 1957)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Coris gaimard africana Smith, 1957)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coris cuvieri FIN029648 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coris cuvieri FIN029649 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
