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Coris ballieui Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875

Source-backed taxonomic record

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.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Coris ballieui Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875
Name authority
Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. familyLabridae Cuvier, 1816
  11. subfamilyJulidinae Bonaparte, 1841
  12. genusCoris Lacepède, 1801
  13. speciesCoris ballieui Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Coris. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Yellow corisCoris flava Fricke & Durville, 2021LabridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Coris atlantica Günther, 1862LabridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
clown wrasseCoris aygula Lacepède, 1801LabridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Coris batuensis (Bleeker, 1856)LabridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
spottail corisCoris caudimacula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)LabridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Coris debueni Randall, 1999LabridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Coris dorsomacula Fowler, 1908LabridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Coris flavovittata (Bennett, 1828)LabridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Coris gaimard (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)LabridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Mediterranean rainbow wrasseCoris julis (Linnaeus, 1758)LabridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Coris nigrotaenia Mee & Hare, 1995LabridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Coris roseoviridis Randall, 1999LabridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 527 records assigned to Labridae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Coris rosea Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875 Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875synonym
Coris schauinslandii Steindachner, 1900 Steindachner, 1900synonym
Hemicoris keleipionis Jenkins, 1901 Jenkins, 1901synonym
Coris argenteostriata Steindachner, 1900 Steindachner, 1900synonym

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.

  1. Vaillant, L. L., & Sauvage, H. E. (1875). Note sur quelques espèces nouvelles de poissons des îles Sandwich. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Sér. 3), v. 3: 278–287. 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:YFBR. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.