Coris nigrotaenia

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 nigrotaenia

Name

Coris nigrotaenia Mee & Hare, 1995

Holotype: CAS 73319. [Paratypes: BPBM 34503 (1), 36183 (1); CAS 82187 (1); USNM 329442 (1)].

Type locality: "Caught near Muscat" [but probably central or southern Oman], Muttrah fish market, Oman.

References

* Mee, J.K.L. & S.R. Hare 1995: Coris nigrotaenia, a new wrasse (Perciformes: Labridae) from the northwest Indian Ocean. Journal of South Asian Natural History, 1(2): 247-254.
* 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 nigrotaenia (Mirror site)

Vernacular names
English: Blackbar Coris