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Bony fish

Batu Coris

Coris batuensis

Also known as: Batu Rainbow Wrasse, Dapple Coris, Dappled Wrasse, Pallid Wrasse, Sandreef Wrasse, Schroeder's Rainbow Wrasse, Schroeder's Wrasse, Variegated Rainbowfish, Variegated Wrasse, Yellow Wrasse

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2010
Juvenile
@perigor2000 · Ko Lipe, Thailand · November 20121 / 9

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Overview

Juveniles are olive-green on the back and white underneath, with vivid orange spots on the head and belly and a dark brown line from mouth to eye. Thin white bars drop from the dorsal fin, which carries three black eyespots; the first and last of these are lost with age.

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How to identify

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Pattern
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Habitat & where to find it

Where the juvenile stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Exact location · 1
  • Country only · 8
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Juvenile photos 9

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyLabridae
    6. genusCoris
    7. speciesCoris batuensis (Bleeker, 1856)

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    More in the family

    Wrasses (Labridae)