Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Elegant coris
Coris venusta
Elegant coris
Category: Wrasses
Scientific Name: Coris venusta
Size: Up to 7 in. (18 cm)  
Depth: 3-30 ft. (1-10 m)
Distribution: Hawaii (Endemic)
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Eupercaria (Order)
     └Labridae (Family) Wrasses
      └Julidinae (Subfamily)
       └Coris (Genus)
        └C. venusta (Species)
WoRMS ID: 273564🔗
iNaturalist ID: 98520🔗

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