genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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wrasse
The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine fish, many of which are brightly colored. The family is large and diverse, with over 600 species in 81 genera, which are divided into 9 subgroups or tribes.
They are typically small, most of them le ...
s, collectively known as the rainbow wrasses, found in the
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The 27 currently recognized species in this genus are:
* '' Coris atlantica'' Günther, 1862
* ''
Coris auricularis
Coris may refer to:
* ''Coris'' (fish), a fish genus in the family Labridae
* ''Coris'' (plant), a plant genus in the family Primulaceae
* Coris District, a district of the Ancash Region in Peru
* San Pedro de Coris District, a district of the ...
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It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
Coris aygula
The clown coris (''Coris aygula''), also known as the clown wrasse, false clownwrasse, humphead wrasse, hump-headed wrasse, red-blotched rainbowfish or twinspot wrasse, is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocea ...
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Lacépède Lacepede can refer to:
* Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756–1825), French naturalist and politician.
* Lacepede Bay, a bay in South Australia.
* Lacépède, Lot-et-Garonne, a ''commune'' in France
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Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Coris bulbifrons'' J. E. Randall & Kuiter, 1982 (doubleheader)
* '' Coris caudimacula'' ( Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (spottail coris)
* ''
Coris centralis
Coris may refer to:
* ''Coris'' (fish), a fish genus in the family Labridae
* ''Coris'' (plant), a plant genus in the family Primulaceae
* Coris District, a district of the Ancash Region in Peru
* San Pedro de Coris District
San Pedro de Cori ...
'' J. E. Randall, 1999
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Coris cuvieri
''Coris cuvieri'', the African wrasse, African coris or false clowwrasse, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the wrasse family Labridae which is found in the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. It is sometimes found in the aquarium trade.
De ...
Coris formosa
The queen coris (''Coris formosa''), also known as the sand wrasse, Queen coris wrasse, Formosan coris, Formosa coris wrasse, Formosa wrasse, Indian Ocean wrasse or Indian sand wrasse, is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean from the Re ...
Coris gaimard
''Coris gaimard'', the yellowtail wrasse or African coris, among other vernacular names, is a species of wrasse native to the tropical waters of the central Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, from Christmas Islands and Cocos Keeling Isl ...
'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (African coris)
* '' Coris hewetti'' J. E. Randall, 1999
* ''
Coris julis
The Mediterranean rainbow wrasse (''Coris julis'') is a small, colourful fish in the family Labridae. It can be found in the Mediterranean Sea and in the northeast Atlantic Ocean from Sweden to Senegal (though it is a rare wanderer to the southe ...
Hare
Hares and jackrabbits are mammals belonging to the genus ''Lepus''. They are herbivores, and live solitarily or in pairs. They nest in slight depressions called forms, and their young are able to fend for themselves shortly after birth. The ge ...
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