Coris caudimacula

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Coris caudimacula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Coris
Species:
C. caudimacula
Binomial name
Coris caudimacula
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) [2]

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. [3]

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References

  1. Craig, M. & Sadovy, Y.J. 2010. Coris caudimacula. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T155006A4692553. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155006A4692553.en. Accessed on 24 December 2024.
  2. The Taxonomicon
  3. http://fishbase.org/summary/Coris-caudimacula.html