WoRMS taxon details

Coris formosa (Bennett, 1830)

218964  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218964)

accepted
Species
Coris freri Günther, 1867 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Coris halei Day, 1888 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Labrus formosus Bennett, 1830) Bennett, J. W. (1828-30). A selection from the most remarkable and interesting fishes found on the coast of Ceylon. <em>London. First Edition.</em> i--viii + 30 unnumbered pp., Pls. 1-30. [details]   
Description Found over corals and rocks at a depth of about 20 m. Generally solitary (Ref. 5213). Feeds mainly on hard-shelled prey,...  
Description Found over corals and rocks at a depth of about 20 m. Generally solitary (Ref. 5213). Feeds mainly on hard-shelled prey, including crustaceans, molluscs and sea urchins (Ref. 5374). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Coris formosa (Bennett, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218964 on 2024-05-01
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description  (of Coris halei Day, 1888) Day, F. (1888). The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to Inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Suppl.: 779-816.
page(s): 803 [details]   

original description  (of Labrus formosus Bennett, 1830) Bennett, J. W. (1828-30). A selection from the most remarkable and interesting fishes found on the coast of Ceylon. <em>London. First Edition.</em> i--viii + 30 unnumbered pp., Pls. 1-30. [details]   

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

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. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Found over corals and rocks at a depth of about 20 m. Generally solitary (Ref. 5213). Feeds mainly on hard-shelled prey, including crustaceans, molluscs and sea urchins (Ref. 5374). [details]

Remark Date Eschmeyer, pers. comm. [details]
LanguageName 
English queen coris  [details]