Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Eupercaria incertae sedis > Family Labridae > Genus Coris

Coris julis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Coris*	Lacepède, 1801	accepted genus name
*Julis*	Cuvier, 1814	synonym

Species group names

*Labrus julis*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: peshk bari brezylbertë sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Basque: dontzeila

Catalan: donzella; guiula; juliola sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Croatian: knez

Czech: kněžík duhový

Danish: junkergylte sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: girelle; regenbooglipvis sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.;Davidson, A. (2003). Mediterranean fish cookbook [Mediterraan viskookboek]. Pereboom: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-77455-10-8. 436 pp.

English: Mediterranean rainbow wrasse; rainbow wrasse sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37

French: girelle sources: Davidson, A. (2003). Mediterranean fish cookbook [Mediterraan viskookboek]. Pereboom: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-77455-10-8. 436 pp.

Galician: xulia sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: Meerjunker sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

Greek: Γύλος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: יולית ים-תיכונית sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: donzella

Maltese: gharusa sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

Norwegian Bokmål: junkergylt sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: junkergylt sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: korys doncela

Portuguese: peixe-rei

Russian: Морской юнкер sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Serbian: knez du guja sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

Spanish, Castillian: doncella; julia sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Swedish: junkergirella sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

Turkish: gelin baligi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Морський юнкер sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Welsh: gwrachen seithliw

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Ramírez-Amaro, S.; Ordines, F.; Fricke, R.; Ruiz-Jarabo, I.; Bolado, I.; Massutí, E. (2021). Genetic and Morphological Evidence to Split the Coris julis Species Complex (Teleostei: Labridae) Into Two Sibling Species: Resurrection of Coris melanura (Lowe, 1839) Redescription of Coris julis (Linnaeus, 1758). Frontiers in Marine Science. 8.
additional source	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
additional source	Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Coris julis, Italy, by Patzner, R.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Coris julis (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126963