spottail coris
Coris caudimacula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
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.
Coris caudimacula (hembra) en isla North Murion, Parque Marino de Ningaloo, Australia
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Open encyclopedia reference
Coris caudimacula, the spot-tail coris, is a fish found in the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and on the east coast of Africa from Oman to East London. The fish has already been spotted in Mossel Bay.
Wikipedia contributors, Coris caudimacula; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:19:32.302647+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Coris caudimacula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
- Name authority
- (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
- Common name
- spottail coris
- 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 caudimacula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
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 |
| clown wrasseCoris aygula Lacepède, 1801 | 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Halichoeres multicolor Rüppell, 1835 Rüppell, 1835 | synonym |
| Julis caudimacula Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 | synonym |
| Coris multicolor (Rüppell, 1835) (Rüppell, 1835) | 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.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218959 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.
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:YFBW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.