Coris bulbifrons

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Labriformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Labriformes

Familia: Labridae
Genus: Coris
Species: Coris bulbifrons

Name

Coris bulbifrons Randall & Kuiter, 1982

Holotype: BPBM 14869. [Paratypes: AMS I.1947 (1), I.1957 (2), I.1958 (1), I.4644 (1), I.7055 (1), I.13678 (1), I.15874-001 (1), I.17359-021 (1), I.17360-016 (1), I.17361-003 (1), I.17371-017 (1), I.17393-005 (1), I.17368-028 (1), I.17369-014 (1), I.20268-016 (1), IA.935 (2), IA.2419 (1), IB.6402 (1), IB.5520 (1), IB.5521 (1), IB.6389 (1), IB.6436 (1); BMNH 1981.2.11.2 (1); BPBM 14845 (1), 14881 (1); USNM 225236 (1)].

Type locality: Reef south of Phillip Point, Lord Howe Island, Australia.

References

Randall, J.E. & R.H. Kuiter 1982: Three new labrid fishes of the genus Coris from the western Pacific. Pacific Science, 36(2): 159–173, Pls. 1-2.
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.
Coris bulbifrons in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Doubleheader