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Clown coris
Coris aygula
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Clown coris
- Scientific
- Coris aygula
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Labridae (wrasses)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1.2 m (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 2 to 30 m (usually 2 to 30 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2008
Description
A large wrasse whose juveniles are white with two large orange-edged black eyespots on the dorsal fin; females are pale with dark spots, and large males are uniformly dark green with a humped forehead and a ragged tail. It reaches about 1.2 m and feeds on hard-shelled prey near sand and rubble.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Coris-aygula.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Coris_Napoleón_de_manchas_rojas_(Coris_aygula),_mar_Rojo,_E
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.