Location: Coral Sea, Australia
Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and
Indo-Pacific Reefs
Pale-Barred Coris - Initial Phase
Coris dorsomacula
Pale-Barred Coris
Also known as: Pinklined Wrasse
Category: Wrasses
Scientific Name: Coris dorsomacula
Size: Up to 15 in. (38 cm)
Depth: 15-130 ft. (5-40 m)
Distribution: Indonesia, Philippines, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Eupercaria (Order)
└Labridae (Family)
└Julidinae (Subfamily)
└Coris (Genus)
└C. dorsomacula (Species)
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