You selected Coris africana Smith, 1957. This is a synonym for:

Accepted scientific name:
Coris cuvieri (Bennett, 1831) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Coris cuvieri (Bennett, 1831)
Synonyms:
Coris africana Smith, 1957 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Coris africana Smith, 1957
Coris gaimard africana Smith, 1957 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Coris gaimard africana Smith, 1957
Julis cuvieri Bennett, 1831 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Julis cuvieri Bennett, 1831
Julis stellatus Valenciennes, 1839 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Julis stellatus Valenciennes, 1839
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Afrikaanse coris Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Mozambique Creole, French Mauritius Click here to show the literature
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African coris English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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African coris English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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African coris English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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African wrasse English Indonesia Click here to show the literature
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False clownwrasse English Mauritius Click here to show the literature
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Clarisse africain French France Click here to show the literature
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Coris à points bleus French Mauritius Click here to show the literature
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居氏盔魚 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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居氏盔鱼 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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非洲露珠盔魚 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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非洲露珠盔鱼 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Caralete africano Portuguese Mozambique Click here to show the literature
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Rathu gireva Sinhalese Sri Lanka Click here to show the literature
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Doncella africana Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Labridae
Genus Coris
Distribution: Indian Ocean: Red Sea and along the southern Arabian Peninsula south to Zanzibar and South Africa (30°S) and east to the Laccadive Archipelago, Chagos Archipelago, Maldives, Sri Lanka, and the Similan Islands, eastern Andaman Sea.
Additional data: -
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2011
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Westneat, M., Data last modified by FishBase 05-Jan-2011
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=52844
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:20ca00f8-60a7-102d-be47-00304854f810:col20110201