Coris – Wikipedia

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Coris (Synonym: Julis ) is a heterogeneous genus of the Junkerlippfische (Julidinae). In German, the fish are mostly called junkers. Two of the 25 species live in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, the rest in tropical areas of the Indopazacifik and in the Red Sea. Some species have a rather limited distribution area, others are very widespread.

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Coris -Tarts are ten centimeters to one meter long. Your scales are small and numerous. They have an elongated, the larger species also have a high -back body. There is a big difference in the coloring of the young fish and that of adult animals. The young fish are often very strongly colored.

Coris -Tarts usually stay near reefs over sand and scree floors, the females often in small groups, while the males are territorial and defend a territory. To sleep or escape a threat, bury yourself in the sandy floor. In some cases, they also prepare places in their areas by removing the stones from the substrate. The fish eat a variety of different invertebrates, including hard -shifting molluscs and sea urchins. They use their above fishing teeth to turn stones around or to pull hermit crabs out of their housings. Young fish and sometimes also the adults of smaller species act as cleaner fish and clean larger fish from parasites and dead skin residues.

  • Atlantic junker ( Horse Atlantica ) Günther, 1862
  • Western royal sky ( Hides auricular ) (Valenciennes, 1839)
  • Gold line junker ( Hugs aurilineata ) Randall & Kuiter, 1982
  • Mirror spot lipfish ( Crialis aygula ) Lacépède, 1801
  • Strip junker ( Horses ballieui ) Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875
  • Stones ( Horse batuensis ) (Bleeker, 1856)
  • Head hump-lipf ( Coris Bulbifrons ) Randall & Kuiter, 1982
  • Schwanzfleck junker ( Horse caudimacula ) (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
  • Central Pacific Junker ( Horses central ) Randall, 1999
  • Africa-Junker ( CORDS CUVIERI ) (Bennett, 1831)
  • Osterinsel-Junker ( Weddings ) Randall, 1999
  • Floss spot junker ( Horses dorsomaca ) Fowler, 1908
  • Hawaii-Lippfisch ( Horses flavovittata ) (Bennett, 1828)
  • Jewelineerish ( Coris Formosa ) (Bennett, 1830)
  • Clown-Junker ( Coris gaimard ) (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
  • Hewetts Junker ( Hides Hewetti ) Randall, 1999
  • Meerjunker ( Horses julis ) (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Hides latifasciata Randall, 2013
  • Marquesa-Junker ( Coris Marquesens ) Randall, 1999
  • Japanese comb junker ( CORIS MUSUME ) (Jordan & cheat, 1904)
  • Oman-Lipfisch ( Coris Nigrotaenia ) Mee & hare, 1995
  • Australian comb junker ( Hides painted ) (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  • Dwarf junker ( Cripping Pictoides ) Randall & Kuiter, 1982
  • Cois sandeyeri (Hector, 1884)
  • Flecken junker ( Shores of variegata ) (Rüppell, 1835)
  • Elegant lipfish ( Hugs are attractive ) Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875

The genus is very likely not a monophylum. In a phylogenetic examination in which three Coris -Tarts were included, they did not form a clad. C. batuensis is in a Klade Halichoeres -Species, C. gaimard Is the sister type of Pseudochoris yamashiroi , C. agyula that of the two formed Klade. [first]

Young fish of some species, especially that of the clown junker ( Coris gaimard ), are caught and sold as aquarium fish. Since the animals are still growing considerably, most home quarties are not suitable for them.

  1. ↑ M. W. Westneat, M. E. Alfaro: Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the reef fish family Labridae. In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. No. 36, 2005, pp. 370–390, (pdf)

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