WoRMS taxon details
Coris gaimard (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
218960 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218960)
accepted
Species
Coris gaimard gaimard (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) · unaccepted
Coris gaimard speciosa (Fowler, 1946) · unaccepted
Coris gaimardi (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Coris greenoughii Günther, 1861 · unaccepted
Coris greenovii (Bennett, 1828) · unaccepted
Coris pulcherrima Günther, 1862 · unaccepted
Julis gaimard Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 · unaccepted
Julis gaimard speciosa Fowler, 1946 · unaccepted
Julis ganymede Bennett, 1830 · unaccepted
Julis greenovii Bennett, 1828 · unaccepted
Julis leucorhynchos Bleeker, 1856 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Coris gaimard africana Smith, 1957 accepted as Coris cuvieri (Bennett, 1831) accepted as Allocoris cuvieri (Bennett, 1831) (synonym)
- Subspecies Coris gaimard gaimard (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) accepted as Coris gaimard (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
- Subspecies Coris gaimard speciosa (Fowler, 1946) accepted as Coris gaimard (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Julis gaimard Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]
Description Feeds mainly on molluscs, crabs and hermit crabs <307>.
Description Feeds mainly on molluscs, crabs and hermit crabs <307>. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Coris gaimard (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218960 on 2025-12-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Julis greenovii Bennett, 1828) Bennett, E. T. (1828). Observations on the fishes contained in the collection of the Zoological Society. On some fishes from the Sandwich Islands. <em>Zoological Journal, London.</em> v. 4 (no. 13, art. 3): 31-42. [details]
original description (of Coris pulcherrima Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
original description (of Julis gaimard Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Julis ganymede 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]
original description (of Julis leucorhynchos Bleeker, 1856) Bleeker, P. (1856). Beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Manado en Makassar, grootendeels verzameld op eene reis naar den Molukschen Archipel in het gevolg van den Gouverneur Generaal Duymaer van Twist. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 1 (6): 1-80. [details]
original description (of Julis gaimard speciosa Fowler, 1946) Fowler, H. W. (1946). A collection of fishes obtained in the Riu Kiu Islands by Captain Ernest R. Tinkham, A.U.S. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 98: 123-218. [details]
basis of record Smith, J.L.B. (1956). The fishes of Aldabra. Part VI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist 12 (9): 817-829 [details]
original description (of Coris pulcherrima Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
original description (of Julis gaimard Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Julis ganymede 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]
original description (of Julis leucorhynchos Bleeker, 1856) Bleeker, P. (1856). Beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Manado en Makassar, grootendeels verzameld op eene reis naar den Molukschen Archipel in het gevolg van den Gouverneur Generaal Duymaer van Twist. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 1 (6): 1-80. [details]
original description (of Julis gaimard speciosa Fowler, 1946) Fowler, H. W. (1946). A collection of fishes obtained in the Riu Kiu Islands by Captain Ernest R. Tinkham, A.U.S. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 98: 123-218. [details]
basis of record Smith, J.L.B. (1956). The fishes of Aldabra. Part VI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist 12 (9): 817-829 [details]
Ecology
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] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Feeds mainly on molluscs, crabs and hermit crabs <307>. [details]Publication date Date of authority given as 1824 in Randall<307>. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ツユベラ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (35 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Julis gaimard speciosa Fowler, 1946)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Coris gaimardi (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Coris pulcherrima Günther, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Julis leucorhynchos Bleeker, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Coris greenoughii Günther, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Coris greenovii (Bennett, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Julis greenovii Bennett, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Julis gaimard Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Julis gaimard Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Yellowtail Coris)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Yellowtail Coris)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Yellowtail Coris)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Yellowtail Coris)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coris gaimard)
To FishBase (from synonym Julis gaimard speciosa Fowler, 1946)
To FishBase (from synonym Coris gaimard gaimard (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To FishBase (from synonym Julis ganymede Bennett, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Julis leucorhynchos Bleeker, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Coris gaimardi (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To FishBase (from synonym Coris gaimard speciosa (Fowler, 1946))
To FishBase (from synonym Coris pulcherrima Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Julis gaimard Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To FishBase (from synonym Julis greenovii Bennett, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Coris greenoughii Günther, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Coris greenovii (Bennett, 1828))
To FishBase
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (81 nucleotides; 91 proteins) (from synonym Julis gaimard Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To GenBank (81 nucleotides; 91 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coris gaimard FIN029685 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coris gaimard FIN029687 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Julis gaimard speciosa Fowler, 1946)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Coris gaimardi (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Coris pulcherrima Günther, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Julis leucorhynchos Bleeker, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Coris greenoughii Günther, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Coris greenovii (Bennett, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Julis greenovii Bennett, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Julis gaimard Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Julis gaimard Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Yellowtail Coris)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Yellowtail Coris)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Yellowtail Coris)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Yellowtail Coris)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coris gaimard)
To FishBase (from synonym Julis gaimard speciosa Fowler, 1946)
To FishBase (from synonym Coris gaimard gaimard (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To FishBase (from synonym Julis ganymede Bennett, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Julis leucorhynchos Bleeker, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Coris gaimardi (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To FishBase (from synonym Coris gaimard speciosa (Fowler, 1946))
To FishBase (from synonym Coris pulcherrima Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Julis gaimard Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To FishBase (from synonym Julis greenovii Bennett, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Coris greenoughii Günther, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Coris greenovii (Bennett, 1828))
To FishBase
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (81 nucleotides; 91 proteins) (from synonym Julis gaimard Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To GenBank (81 nucleotides; 91 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coris gaimard FIN029685 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coris gaimard FIN029687 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
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