Location: Big Island, Hawaii
Florent's Guide To The
Hawaiian Reefs
Yellowstripe Coris - Female
Coris flavovittata
Yellowstripe Coris
Also known as: Blackstripe Coris
Category: Wrasses
Scientific Name: Coris flavovittata
Size: Up to 20 in. (50 cm)
Depth: 15-200 ft. (5-60 m)
Distribution: Hawaii (Endemic)
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Eupercaria (Order)
└Labridae (Family)
└Julidinae (Subfamily)
└Coris (Genus)
└C. flavovittata (Species)
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