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 melanura (Lowe, 1839)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

CorisLacepède, 1801accepted genus name
Julis Cuvier, 1814 synonym

Species group names

Julis melanura Lowe, 1839 synonym

Literature

basis of record

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.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Coris melanura (Lowe, 1839). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1780383

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2024-11-20 by Nicolas Bailly

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