clown wrasse
Coris aygula Lacepède, 1801
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The clown coris (Coris aygula), also known as the clown wrasse, false clownwrasse, humphead wrasse, hump-headed wrasse, red-blotched rainbowfish or twinspot wrasse, is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Wikipedia contributors, Clown coris; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:57:01.869743+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Coris aygula Lacepède, 1801
- Name authority
- Lacepède, 1801
- Common name
- clown wrasse
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Coris
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyLabridae Cuvier, 1816
- subfamilyJulidinae Bonaparte, 1841
- genusCoris Lacepède, 1801
- speciesCoris aygula Lacepède, 1801
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Coris. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow corisCoris flava Fricke & Durville, 2021 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coris atlantica Günther, 1862 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coris ballieui Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coris batuensis (Bleeker, 1856) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spottail corisCoris caudimacula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coris debueni Randall, 1999 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coris dorsomacula Fowler, 1908 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coris flavovittata (Bennett, 1828) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coris gaimard (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mediterranean rainbow wrasseCoris julis (Linnaeus, 1758) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coris nigrotaenia Mee & Hare, 1995 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coris roseoviridis Randall, 1999 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Hemicoris cingulum (Lacepède, 1801) (Lacepède, 1801) | synonym |
| Julis cingulum (Lacepède, 1801) (Lacepède, 1801) | synonym |
| Julis semipunctatus Rüppell, 1835 Rüppell, 1835 | synonym |
| Labrus cingulum Lacepède, 1801 Lacepède, 1801 | synonym |
| Julis ruppelii Bennett, 1831 Bennett, 1831 | synonym |
| Coris angulata Lacepède, 1801 Lacepède, 1801 | synonym |
| Coris cyanea MacLeay, 1883 MacLeay, 1883 | synonym |
| Coris imbris Tanaka, 1918 Tanaka, 1918 | synonym |
| Coris variegata Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887 Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887 | ambiguous synonym |
| Julis aygula (Lacepède, 1801) (Lacepède, 1801) | synonym |
| Julis coris Valenciennes, 1839 Valenciennes, 1839 | synonym |
| Julis gibbifrons Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 | synonym |
| Labrus aureomaculatus Bennett, 1830 Bennett, 1830 | synonym |
| Coris angulatus Lacepède, 1801 Lacepède, 1801 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Lacepède, B. G. E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i–lxvi + 1–558, Pls. 1–34. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:YFBQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.