Comb Wrasse, Coris picta (Bloch & Schneider 1801)
Other Names: Australian Comb Wrasse, Bananafish, Combfish, Comb-fish
A Comb Wrasse, Coris picta, at North Solitary Island, New South Wales. Source: Ian V. Shaw / Reef Life Survey. License: CC By Attribution
Summary:
Adults are whitish with a prominent wavy or comb-like black stripe from the snout through the eye to the tail tip, and a yellow tail.
Comb Wrasse inhabit coastal and offshore reefs in eastern Australia from southern Queensland to eastern Victoria, islands, reefs in the Tasman Sea, and also occur off northern New Zealand.
Great video of a Comb Wrasse, Coris picta, at North Bondi, Sydney, Australia - by Thierry Rakotoarivelo.
Video of a Comb Wrasse in the Dallas Aquarium.
Comb Wrasse inhabit coastal and offshore reefs in eastern Australia from southern Queensland to eastern Victoria, islands, reefs in the Tasman Sea, and also occur off northern New Zealand.
Great video of a Comb Wrasse, Coris picta, at North Bondi, Sydney, Australia - by Thierry Rakotoarivelo.
Video of a Comb Wrasse in the Dallas Aquarium.
Cite this page as:
Bray, D.J. 2019, Coris picta in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/222
Comb Wrasse, Coris picta (Bloch & Schneider 1801)
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North of Hervey Bay (and possibly north to Mackay), Queensland, to Lakes Entrance, Victoria; also Elizabeth & Middleton Reefs, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the southern Coral Sea (Chesterfield Reefs off New Caledonia) and the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand.Inhabits sandy and seagrass areas adjacent to reefs. The species is common in the lagoon and on outer reefs at Lord Howe Island. |
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Labrus pictus Bloch & Schneider, 1801, Systema Ichthyologiae Iconibus ex Illustratum: 251. Type locality: New South Wales. |
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Bray, D.J. 2019 |
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Comb Wrasse, Coris picta (Bloch & Schneider 1801)
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Bloch, M.E. & Schneider, J.G. 1801. Systema Ichthyologiae Iconibus ex Illustratum. Berlin 584 pp. 110 pls. See ref at BHL
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