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Coris picta (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Comb wrasse
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Australia country information

Common names: Australian comb wrasse, Bananafish, Comb wrasse
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges from southern Queensland to northern Victoria, including Lord Howe Island (Ref. 9002). Museum: Queensland: Moreton Bay, Bribie I., QM 11365; Flinders Reef, QM I.19068. New South Wales: Bass Point, Shell Harbor, AMS I.17229-002; Seal Rocks, AMS I.17123-001; Clovelly Pool, Sydney, AMS IB.7809-11; Little Bay, Sydney, AMS I.7229; Bundeena, AMS IB.4295; Jervis Bay, AMS I.8214, BPBM 18018. Middleton Reef, CAS 49139. Lord Howe I., AMS I.1675, I.3116, I.5121, IB.7269, I.13672, BPBM 14774, 14751, 14921, SU 9167, USNM 47793, 47823 (Ref. 33411). Also Ref. 43239.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kuiter, R.H., 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Labridae (Wrasses) > Corinae
Etymology: Coris: Greek, kore, -es = pupil and also with themenaing of "maid" (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated, usually 3 - 25 m (Ref. 27115).   Subtropical; 20°C - 26°C (Ref. 27115); 35°N - 37°S

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