Eastern King Wrasse, Coris sandeyeri (Hector 1884)

Other Names: King Wrasse, Sandager's Wrasse

A male Eastern King Wrasse, Coris sandeyeri, in Jervis Bay, New South Wales, 3 April 2016. Source: John Turnbull / Flickr. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

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Bray, D.J. 2019, Coris sandeyeri in Fishes of Australia, accessed 05 Apr 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/223

Eastern King Wrasse, Coris sandeyeri (Hector 1884)

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Distribution	Broughton Island to Montague Island, New South Wales, and eastern Victoria; also at Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island in the Tasman Sea. the species also occurs in New Zealand.
Species Citation	Cymolutes sandeyeri Hector 1884, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 16(25): 323. Type locality: Tiritiri Island, Auckland, New Zealand.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2019
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory

Eastern King Wrasse, Coris sandeyeri (Hector 1884)

References

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