Doubleheader

About this species

Coris bulbifrons, the doubleheader, is a large species of wrasse in the Southern Pacific Ocean.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Coris bulbifrons”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 38 records
February: 59 records
March: 41 records
April: 44 records
May: 52 records
June: 21 records
July: 9 records
August: 15 records
September: 39 records
October: 25 records
November: 39 records
December: 33 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–12 m · Deepest record: 40 m

0–10 m: 9 records
10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 21–28 °C

20–22 °C: 42 records
22–24 °C: 4 records
24–26 °C: 0 records
26–28 °C: 1 records

Photos

(c) Bruce Deagle, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Susan Prior, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Susan Prior, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Rosie Steinberg, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Rosie Steinberg, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) tobyyy, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Doubleheader, Double-header Wrasse

Names in 1 more languages

Spanish: Coris Napoleón

Similar species

Blushing Wrasse
Coris auricularis
Clown wrasse
Coris aygula
African Clown Wrasse
Coris gaimard
Elegant Coris
Coris venusta
Batu Coris
Coris batuensis
Spottail coris
Coris caudimacula

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
779 open-data records from 1961 to 2012.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.