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African coris
Coris cuvieri
Name as used by FishBase. WoRMS gives Allocoris cuvieri as the accepted name. Kept the FishBase name so records match the FishBase checklist.
- English
- African coris
- Scientific
- Coris cuvieri
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Labridae (wrasses)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 38 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 2 to 50 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A wrasse whose juveniles are orange with large white saddles edged in black; adults are greenish with fine dark spots, reaching about 38 cm. It lives in mixed sand, coral and rubble.
In the Maldives
WoRMS now places this species in the genus Allocoris.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Coris-cuvieri.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:African_coris,_Coris_cuvieri_(I_think)_(37409998704).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.