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 sandeyeri
Name
Coris sandeyeri (Hector, 1884)
Holotype: NMNZ P.247.
Type locality: Tiritiri Island, Aukland, New Zealand.
Synonyms
* Coris rex Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886
* Coris sandageri (Hector, 1884)
* Coris trimaculata Ogilby, 1888
* Cymolutes sandeyeri Hector, 1884
References
* Hector, J. 1884: Notes on New Zealand ichthyology. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 16 (art. 25): 322-323.
* 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 sandeyeri (Mirror site)
Vernacular names
English: Sandager's Wrasse
Sandager's wrasse, Coris sandeyeri, is a wrasse of the family Labridae, found along the east coast of Australia and around the North Island of New Zealand to depths of 60 metres, on mixed sandy/rocky reef areas. Its length is between 20 and 45 cm.
References
* Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Coris sandeyeri" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
