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Clown coris
Coris aygula Lacepède, 1801
AnimalsLabres, girelles, napoléons,...
Distribution map
Geographic areas (BioObs)
Reunion IslandMayotteNew CaledoniaPolynesiaRed Sea
Observation type
Scuba divingApnea / Snorkelling
Other common names
- Twinspot wrasseBritish English
- Redblotched wrasseBritish English
- Red-blotched rainbowfishBritish English
- Humphead wrasseBritish English
- False clown wrasseBritish English
- Clown wrasseBritish English
- Clown sandwrasseBritish English
- Clown lippfischGerman (Germany)
- Spiegelfleck-lippfischGerman (Germany)
- Doncella circenseEuropean Spanish
- Girelle-clownFrench (France)
- MozambiqueFrench (France)
- Loupe côte (La Réunion)French (France)
- Labre-peigneFrench (France)
- Girelle bossue (Maldives)French (France)
- Girelle à tache orangeFrench (France)
- Coris à points bleus (Maurice)French (France)
- Clarisse clownFrench (France)
- Labride pagliaccioItalian (Italy)
- Oranjevlek lipvisDutch (Netherlands)
- Sugale-uluto'i (Samoa)Samoan (Samoa)
Other invalid scientific names
- Coris angulata
- Coris angulatus
- Coris cyanea
- Coris imbris
- Coris variegata
- Hemicoris cingulum
- Julis cingulum
- Julis coris
- Julis gibbifrons
- Julis ruppelii
- Julis semipunctatus
- Labrus aureomaculatus
- Labrus cingulum
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Sources
- BOURJON Philippe, SITTLER Alain-Pierre in : DORIS, 16/02/2014 : Coris aygula Lacépède, 1801, https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/2240
How to cite this BioObs sheet?
BioObs, 18/09/2026 : Coris aygula Lacepède, 1801, https://bioobs.fr/en/species-sheets/1913
Modification history
- Created by BioObs user on 18/09/2026
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