Coris marquesensis

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 marquesensis

Name

Coris marquesensis Randall, 1999

Holotype: BPBM 12471. [Paratypes: AMS I.39085 (1); BMNH 1999.4.7.7-8 (2); BPBM 11672 (2), 12145 (1), 12427 (2); CAS 206850 (1); MNHN 1966-0719 (1); NSMT-P57102 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 60031 (1); USNM 355254 (1)].

Type locality: Point at southern end of Marquesienne Bay, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, depth 12 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 marquesensis (Mirror site)

Vernacular names
English: Marquesas Coris