WoRMS taxon details
Coris variegata (Rüppell, 1835)
367240 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367240)
accepted
Species
Coris variegatus (Rüppell, 1835) · unaccepted
Halichoeres variegatus Rüppell, 1835 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Halichoeres variegatus Rüppell, 1835) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1835-1838). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig Fische des Rothen Meeres. <em>Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main.</em> i-ii + 1-148, Pls. 1-33. [1835:1-28, Pls. 1-7; 1836:29-52, Pls. 8-14; 1837:53-80, Pls. 15-21; 1838:81-148, Pls. 22-33.]. [For dates see Sawyer 1952 [ref. 13582].]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Coris variegata (Rüppell, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367240 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Halichoeres variegatus Rüppell, 1835) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1835-1838). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig Fische des Rothen Meeres. <em>Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main.</em> i-ii + 1-148, Pls. 1-33. [1835:1-28, Pls. 1-7; 1836:29-52, Pls. 8-14; 1837:53-80, Pls. 15-21; 1838:81-148, Pls. 22-33.]. [For dates see Sawyer 1952 [ref. 13582].]. [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] 
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Coris variegatus (Rüppell, 1835))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Halichoeres variegatus Rüppell, 1835)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Halichoeres variegatus Rüppell, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Coris variegatus (Rüppell, 1835))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Halichoeres variegatus Rüppell, 1835)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Halichoeres variegatus Rüppell, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Coris variegatus (Rüppell, 1835))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)