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Coris hewetti

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Labroidei
Familia: Labridae
Genus: Coris
Species: Coris hewetti

Name

Coris hewetti Randall, 1999

Holotype: BPBM 9105. [Paratypes: AMS I.39084-001 (2); BMNH 1999.4.7.5-6 (2); BPBM 9104 (1), 12071 (2), 12221 (4), 12344 (8), 12424 (5), 38520 (1); CAS 206849 (2); MNHN 1999-0442 (1), 0444 to 0445 (1, 1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 60030 (2); USNM 355253 (1), 355566 (2)].

Type locality: Reef, head of Anaho Bay, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, depth 1.8 meters.

References

* Randall, J.E. 1999: Revision of Indo-Pacific labrid fishes of the genus Coris, with descriptions of five new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes, 29: 1-74, Pls. I-XXII.
* Parenti, P. & J.E. Randall 2000: An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 68: 1-97.
* FishBase link : species Coris hewetti (Mirror site)


Vernacular names
English: Hewett's Coris

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