Elegant Coris

Coris venusta

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth2–21 m
Water temperature24–26 °C
Best monthsAugust, September, and October
How commonCommon

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About this species

Coris venusta, the elegant coris, is a species of ray-finned fish. The scientific name of the species was first validly published in 1875 by Vaillant & Sauvage.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Coris venusta”, 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: 20 records
February: 8 records
March: 16 records
April: 28 records
May: 35 records
June: 253 records
July: 696 records
August: 1,202 records
September: 1,989 records
October: 1,525 records
November: 253 records
December: 61 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–21 m · Deepest record: 30 m

0–10 m: 2,655 records
10–20 m: 2,425 records
20–30 m: 786 records
30–40 m: 18 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 24–26 °C

22–24 °C: 128 records
24–26 °C: 827 records

Photos

(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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(c) Anders Hastings, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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(c) Don Loarie, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Don Loarie, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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Names and classification

English: Elegant Coris

Names in 1 more languages

Spanish: Coris Elegante

Other scientific names: Hemicoris remedius

Similar species

Blushing Wrasse
Coris auricularis
Clown wrasse
Coris aygula
African Clown Wrasse
Coris gaimard
Batu Coris
Coris batuensis
Doubleheader
Coris bulbifrons
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).
5,949 open-data records from 1889 to 2019.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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